They polish surfaces by tumbling pearls in pumice or similar substances ... begun to nucleate some of their freshwater mussels with shell nuclei implants in both the creatures' bodies as well ...
The art of adding mother-of-pearl inlay to lacquerware has been practiced in Korea for more than a thousand years. The Korean term for it is Najeonchilgi, from the words najeon, meaning ...
South Sea pearl-shells are common, with white edges ... By placing the isinglass between two finely-polished surfaces of mother-of-pearl, we obtain a film of artificial mother-of-pearl, which ...
The art of adding mother-of-pearl inlay to lacquerware has been practiced in Korea for more than a thousand years. The Korean term for it is Najeonchilgi, from the words najeon, meaning ...