Why Pearls Are So Expensive | So Expensive

My grandma found a purple pearl in an oyster she was eating and they valued it at like $650

Pearl is so expensive because she's Mr.Krabs daughter

It was weird to me when they said “the more round the better.” My grandma always told me that bumpy/more oval/imperfect pearls were worth more because they were natural and “one of a kind” since there would never be a pearl that ever looked like it. She said how you knew it wasn’t artificial because real oysters couldn’t make perfect pearls. Technically all real pearls are natural and that uncultured pearls that are perfectly round are possible, but the mindset never left me because whenever I buy pearls they have to be imperfect, otherwise they just look fake

"A gemologist at the gemological institute" sounds like someone caught in a lie when asked about their career

All the dislikes are from oysters

So harvesting a pearl is like : Poking a person with a pin so a scab forms, And then harvesting the scab.

I eat oysters from my family's oyster farms every so often and I almost always get a pearl. I never knew natural pearls were rare to find.

Back in 2002 I almost cracked my molars and skull when I bit on a pearl from the clam I was eating bought from a local market and cooked at home. It’s just 2mm in diameter so tiny but I kept it because it’s a one in a million experience lol a few years later I won a prize during prom and I superglued it on the trophy. I still have it to this day. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.

Natural pearls have layers like an onion Shrek has layers like an onion Shrek is a pearl

Pearls are only expensive because we place artificial value on them. That's it.

It’s weird how pearls are so expensive, because when you get down to it, they’re essentially just clam pimples.

Fun Fact: Wearing Marie Atoinette's pearl increases your chances of being decapitated by a bunch of angry Frenchmen

What Makes Pearls So Expensive ? "Bored rich People"

4am browsing recommend why pearls are so expensive As shit here we go again

All these explanations as to why Marie Antoinette's pearl was worth so much and yet no one is saying because it was Marie freaking Antoinette's!

One day the oysters will be ripping out stones in our stomachs and wearing them as expensive necklaces

You literally need an x-ray to tell if a pearl is natural or cultured so what I'm learning from this is to claim any pearls I have are natural to impress people

My Bank Account: That's a lotta damage!

natural pearls are hard to find their rare Philippines: Not ours

Me: Okay I'll finally sleep I have school tmr 'Why are pearls so expensive' Me: Good question why are they-