The beautiful tints of the mother-of-pearl depend upon its structure; the surface being covered with a multitude of minute grooves, which decompose the reflected light. Sir David Brewster ...
The most expensive pearl ever sold was Marie Antoinette's pendant. It sold for $32 million ... the mollusk starts to coat the debris with nacre, or mother-of-pearl, the same material that lines ...
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