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PEARL ROOM

"Simulated pearls are beads made to resemble real pearls in a most striking manner.  In 1656 a French rosary maker named Jacquin discovered that a lustrous substance found in water in which a certain species of fish had been washed could be used to give a pearl effect to beads..."
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