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The hard, iridescent internal layer of various mollusk shells, having
unusual luster and consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate in the form of
aragonite deposited as thin tablets normal to the surface of the shell and
interleaved with thin sheets of organic matrix. Syn: pearly;
mother-of-pearl. AGI
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