iridescent
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And who knew that 19th-century San Francisco socialites ground up iridescent abalone shells and sprinkled them on their invitations?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The team found that sea silk's iridescent appearance comes from layered spherical protein structures known as "photonin."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
This elusive, iridescent predator relies on split-second timing and is rarely seen, let alone photographed.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Where her vision clears, she’s in a hall lit by candlelight and crystal chandeliers draped in pearls, dressed in an iridescent gown and jewels evocative of the decade’s New Romantic style.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026
It was a river of iridescent onyx—Mrs. Shigemura described it in Japanese—the salient feature of her physical being, as prominent and extraordinary as baldness might have been in another girl of the same age.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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The Old Man and the Sea
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