I'm crazy about pearls! Pearl jewels really make my day. Ancient Greeks asserted that pearls are the frozen tears of sea nymphs, and in the middle ages there was a myth that the tears of orphans & those of the innocently deceived are locked into seashells by angels, turning them into jewels. In some cultures it was thought that pearls appear from dew, and dew was thought to be tears of the goddess of love :)