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Mother of pearl is the hard, pearly, iridescent internal layer of various kinds of mollusk shell, extensively used for making small articles and inlays.
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General Description
Mother of pearl is the hard, pearly, iridescent internal layer of various kinds of mollusk shell, extensively used for making small articles and inlays.
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Getty Vocabulary, AAT (shell and shell material): AAT: 300011835)
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