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What (who) is mother-of-pearl - definition

ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL PRODUCED BY SOME MOLLUSCS
Mother of pearl; Mother-of-pearl; Mother-of-Pearl; Mother of Pearl; Nachre; The Mother of Pearl Inlay; Nacreous; Artificial nacre; Pearlshell; Pearl shell
  • Electron microscopy image of a fractured surface of nacre
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  • Nacreous shell worked into a decorative object
  • Schematic of the microscopic structure of nacre layers
  • Nacre bracelet
  • The iridescent nacre inside a [[nautilus]] shell

Mother-of-pearl         
·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. ·see Pearl.
mother-of-pearl         
¦ noun a smooth shining iridescent substance forming the inner layer of the shell of some molluscs, especially oysters and abalones, used as ornamentation.
mother of pearl         

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Nacre

Nacre ( NAY-kər, also NAK-rə), 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.

Nacre is found in some of the most ancient lineages of bivalves, gastropods, and cephalopods. However, the inner layer in the great majority of mollusc shells is porcellaneous, not nacreous, and this usually results in a non-iridescent shine, or more rarely in non-nacreous iridescence such as flame structure as is found in conch pearls.

The outer layer of cultured pearls and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are made of nacre. Other mollusc families that have a nacreous inner shell layer include marine gastropods such as the Haliotidae, the Trochidae and the Turbinidae.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacre
Examples of use of mother-of-pearl
1. The Piaget watch had a gold band, a mother–of–pearl face and gold Roman numerals.
2. Perfectly crafted knives with mother–of–pearl handles sat in the center of the island.
3. Most Expensive: _Vermeil horse statue atop a malachite base with a gold, mother of pearl and malachite octagonal clock.
4. Among the loveliest visions at Gaultier was a swimsuit entirely covered in glistening pieces of mother–of–pearl.
5. In front of him are eight mother–of–pearl spoons, each piled high with roe that glisten like dark jewels.
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