The Grit and the Pearl

One of our natural and most beautiful gems is formed when an individual grain of sand infiltrates an oyster.

This irritant is dealt with not by expulsion but rather a patient approach of layering the grit with a white substance that relieves the irritation, allowing the pearl (something that is then highly regarded) to be created.

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