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Iridescent internal layer of mollusc shell called mother of pearl?
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What is a sentence with the word 'iridescent'?
The oil slick on the frigid water was iridescent. Iridescent clouds looked like mother-of-pearl.
What is the plural form of mother-of-pearl?
Mother-of-pearl does not have a plural form; neither does its technical term, nacre.The two terms refer to the internal layer of some mollusc shells, usually described as mother-of-pearl or nacre when speaking of its use for decorative purposes.You could certainly refer to mother-of-pearl shells, or nacreous shells, as a plural form.
What is an avalone?
An avalone is an obsolete name for an abalone, an edible mollusc of the genus Haliotis, with a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
What is mother of perl?
Nacre Also known as mother of pearl, is an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it is also the material of which pearls are composed. It is strong, resilient, and iridescent.
Are abalones used as a resource?
Abalone are bivalve shellfish. Their meat is eaten, but their value is in the inner lining of their shells, where the mother-of-pearl is especially bright with iridescent blues and greens.
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What is mother of pearl?
Mother of pearl is the iridescent substance that forms the lining of the shells of some fresh-water and some salt-water mollusks. Like the pearl it is a secretion made by the animal's mantle and made up of of alternate layers of calcium carbonate and conchiolin. It is light reacting with this layering which gives mother of pearl its sheen. Among the chief sources or mother of pearl are the pearl oyster, found in warm and tropical seas but the substance can also form in the shells of fresh water mollusks. Mother-of-pearl is the nacreous iridescent lining of a mollusk's shell. It is composed of calcium carbonate and aragonite aligned in hexagonical platelets. Mother-of-pearl is also known as nacre. Mother-of-pearl is used for jewelry, buttons, tiles, the production of faux pearls, and calcium (pearl) supplements.
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