Mother-of-pearl is the hard, silvery, internal layer of several kinds of shells, especially oysters, the large varieties of which in the Indian Seas secrete this coat of sufficient thickness to ...

Mother-of-pearl, the iridescent coating inside oyster ... unlike the then less sophisticated frontier Americans, knew the rarity and value of large, round, lustrous pearls. Many of the best ...

As one of the highest clouds in our atmosphere, they form in very cold conditions and with their shimmering colours they are often referred to as "mother-of-pearl". One BBC Weather Watcher said ...

Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May every year. There is one relationship in this mortal life which effortlessly scores above all other known relationships on this Earth ...

By secreting layers of aragonite and conchiolin, the same substances that are in its calcium carbonate shell, the mollusc creates a material called nacre, commonly known as mother-of-pearl. The oyster ...

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It's not the only luxury watch that has been reduced significantly in the retailer's sale. Shoppers can also bag the Naples ...

Consolidated value of assets held by video game company Pearl Abyss Corporation from 2015 to 2023 (in billion South Korean won) Characteristic Value of assets in billion South Korean won ...

Cast from 18-karat gold, these striking earrings are set with fan-shaped mother of pearl and dotted with 0.07 carats of diamonds. The pearl inlays are designed to symbolise the curved marble ...

A great irony of pearl history is that the least expensive cultured pearl product in the market today rivals the quality of the most expensive natural pearls ever found. The price-value anomaly is ...

Figure 1. A bracelet showing naturally colored blue, cream, yellow, and silver akoya cultured pearls from Broken Bay Pearls. Photo courtesy of Broken Bay Pearls Pty Ltd. Australia was originally known ...