Pearls are made in “mother-of-pearl”, shells that form their inner shell of mother-of-pearl. It is believed that the formation of the pearl is due to a defense reaction of the shell. Foreign bodies irritate the animal, whereupon it gradually surrounds the intruder with the same material from which it forms its shell. With mother of pearl.
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