While typically ivory or off-white in color, mother of pearl is known for having an iridescent shimmer that makes it stand out. Beautiful, yes. But greatly misused (in my humble opinion).

The colors may be best seen by taking an impression of the mother-of-pearl in black wax; but " a solution ofgumarabic or isinglass, when allowed to indurate upon a surface of mother-of-pearl ...

A routine fossil-hunting trip turned into a groundbreaking discovery for a pair of researchers when they stumbled upon a rare ...

white mother-of-pearl, pink opal, onyx, carnelian, and more. The result is an elegant, unmistakably feminine collection with just the right dose of color and sparkle. “My father, Karl ...

To protect itself from the invader, the mollusk starts to coat the debris with nacre, or mother-of-pearl, the same material that lines the inner layer of its shell. It continues doing this ...