珍珠 (Pearl) 是一种由软体动物（主要是牡蛎）生产的硬的、圆滑的产物。珍珠一般被用在首饰和珍宝行业中。

珍珠的特有的光泽是光在这些透明的真珠质层上反射和衍射造成的，珍珠质层越薄越多，光泽就越漂亮。一些珍珠的荧光是由不同真珠层对入射光不断的折射所形成的。一般的珍珠是白色的，有时有米黄色或粉色的光泽，也有些珍珠带有黄色、绿色、蓝色、棕色或黑色的颜色。黑珍珠因其鲜有而昂贵。

A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of a clam, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes (baroque pearls) occur. The finest quality natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries. Because of this, pearl has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, admirable and valuable.