Three Unique Pearls in HistoryEnjoy this record of three unique pearls in history.1. At the International Exposition in Paris in 1889, Mr. Alphonse Falco, president of the Chambre Syndicale, exhibited a round pearl, white and illustrous, weighing seventy grains, and valued at 50,000 francs. 2. Augusto Castellani, the well-known Italian jeweler of Rome, in the year 1868, during the Papal regime, executed a crown for King Victor Emmanuel II. This crown was destined for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem, and on it is a pearl which, although lightly irregular is as large as the famous Gogibus pearl. 3. A remarkable golden-yellow pearl from Shark's Bay, West Australia, is in the possession of a New York lady; it weighs thirty and one half grains, is perfectly round, and is without a flaw or blemish.
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