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The floor was made of mats woven from strips of shell-nacre, bound at the sides with an inch border of pink coral.
JAPANESE FAIRY WORLDWILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFISThe specimens collected by Mr. Schoolcraft, vary much in the color of the nacre.
SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFTHe lifted a small hammer and struck a velvet-voiced bell that stood on the Arabian table of cedar inlaid with nacre and ivory.
THE DECADENTRALPH ADAMS CRAMPurplish bivalves and enormous nacre-lined conch shells lay upon the tables.
THE DEAD COMMANDVICENTE BLASCO IBEZIn the lower part is a dark clay with Pholadomya margaritacea, still preserving the pearly nacre.
THE GEOLOGICAL STORY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHTJ. CECIL HUGHESThe value of the pearl is based on the brilliancy of the nacre, the size, and the form.
THE SEA-BEACH AT EBB-TIDEAUGUSTA FOOTE ARNOLDAnother illustration is that of an accumulation of nacre which has assumed accidental resemblance to a miniature shark.
TROPIC DAYSE. J. BANFIELDThe substance of a sensation—the consolidation of discomfort on the part of an oyster or other nacre-secreting mollusc.
TROPIC DAYSE. J. BANFIELDThin rind of a moon hung low in the west, a cold glow of nacre.
DUST OF THE DESERTROBERT WELLES RITCHIEBetween nacre and pearls, therefore, there is only the difference of the form of deposition.
THE OCEAN WORLD:LOUIS FIGUIERWORDS RELATED TO NACRE
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