Igama lesiNgesi leperile yiPearl, elithatyathwe kwiLatin Pernnla.Elinye igama lakhe nguMargarite, lithatyathwe kwiSanskrit yamandulo yasePersi, elithetha "unyana ozidlayo wolwandle".Ngokungafaniyo namanye amatye anqabileyo kunye ne-jade, iiperile zingqukuva ngokugqibeleleyo, zithambile ngombala, zimhlophe kwaye zintle, kwaye zintle kwaye zinexabiso lobucwebe ngaphandle kokucinga nokusebenza.Njengelitye lokuzalwa elinenhlanhla ngoJuni kunye nesikhumbuzo sesikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-30 yomtshato, iiparele zifanekisela ubomi obonwabileyo, ukuvisisana kwentsapho, ubutyebi kunye noxolo.
Njengo“Kumkanikazi weGems” yemvelaphi yebhayoloji, uyikristale yenzululwazi yobomi kwizinto eziphilayo ezikumanzi omhlaba.Sisipho esinikwe umntu ngokwendalo.Ngenxa yokwakheka kwayo okukhethekileyo, iiperile zibonisa imibala ekhethekileyo engaqondakaliyo kunye namatye anqabileyo.Ukususela kumaxesha amandulo, iiperile ziye zaba yeyona nto igqwesileyo kwizacholo.Unokuhlala enika abantu isixhaso sokomoya sempilo, ingqondo evulekileyo, ubunyulu, ulonwabo kunye nobomi obude.
Iiperile zifanekisela iinjongo zoluntu.Xa abantu bephantsi koxinzelelo, ukunxiba izacholo zeperile kunokunciphisa uxinzelelo kwaye kwandise ukuzithemba kwabantu kunye nesibindi ebomini.Ngamafutshane, abantu badla ngokunika iiperile iingcamango ezininzi ezintle.E-China, imbali yokuqala yokusebenzisa iiperile inokulandelwa emva kwe-2000 BC.Kumaxesha amandulo, abantu baseTshayina bathanda ukusebenzisa iiperile njengezipho xa betshata, nto leyo ethetha ukufezeka.Ukubeka umsesane weperile kumnwe wesalathisi ulangazelela ukuhamba ngenqanawa, konke okulungileyo, kunye noxolo.
Ngokuphuculwa kwemigangatho yokuphila kwabantu, ubucwebe beperile bube yingqwalasela yokusetyenziswa okuninzi.Ubuhle bayo obukhethekileyo kunye nemfihlakalo engalindelekanga yenza abantu bathabatheke.Ubume obuchubekileyo nobungenazintloni bobucwebe beperile butsala abantu abaninzi abathanda ubuhle.Yiba ngumthombo ophambili wezixhobo zefashoni.