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Wore
Precious
Than Pearls
How breathtaking is the iridescent translucence of the pearl, yet how humble it's conception... beginning as a tiny parasite or a minuscule grain of sand imbedded into the pearly lining of the shellfish.
Then, the "magic". . .year after year, covered by layer after layer of the pearly lining, that foreign body is surrounded until it evolves into a precious gem, .with the pearl’s unique capacity for absorbing as well as radiating illumination.
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