A natural pearl will form in an oyster when a foreign object, like a grain of sand, gets inside the shell. To protect itself, ...

Mother-of-pearl, the iridescent coating inside oyster shells, once formed the foundation of a thriving button industry in the U.S. What is now the United States became famous for two products.

At the 2019 Grammys, Cardi B was basically dressed like an oyster ... So a natural pearl would have all of those concentric layers of growth from the very inside out. More from So Expensive ...

The oyster or mussel slowly secretes layers of ... inserted into a mollusc to promote the production of mother-of-pearl. Nacre can form naturally around almost any irritant that gets inside the shell, ...

What's inside a clam? A retractable foot, a siphon for sucking up water, powerful muscles, and, sometimes, a pearl. And you thought oysters were fancy. Following is the transcript of the video.

and it takes two to four years for them to grow inside the golden-lipped, saltwater oyster Pinctada Maxima. (Some are also grown in Japanese and Australian pearl farms.) “The value of the golden ...

These translucent animals are known to swim inside clams and oysters to hide from predators ... commonly known as mother-of-pearl. The oyster diffused this iridescent coating around - and effectively ...