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

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

The oyster reacts to the introduction of the foreign body by coating it with layers of nacre - crystallized calcium carbonate and an organic protein.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2012

And the whole is held in place with curious ornamental combs, and shot through with long fine pins of gold, silver, nacre, transparent tortoise-shell, or lacquered wood, with cunningly carven heads.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Hearn, Lafcadio