nacre
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A well-known example is nacre, which is used in jewellery because of its iridescent colours.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2024
The mollusc deposits layers of aragonite and conchiolin, which together form nacre, also know as mother-of-pearl.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2022
Dull on the outside, its nacre gleams pearlescent within.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
Some bivalves like oysters and mussels have the unique ability to secrete and deposit a calcareous nacre or “mother of pearl” around foreign particles that enter the mantle cavity.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Out of the nacre of any mussel or oyster shell you might cut, at your pleasure, any quantity of small flat circular disks of the prettiest color and luster.
From Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 by Ruskin, John
