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several oysters with pearls on them are arranged in a pattern, including the shell

Pearls have been prized for their beauty and elegance for centuries and the pearl industry continues to thrive today. The process of creating pearls involves the introduction of an irritant into an oyster's shell, causing the oyster to produce a substance called nacre around the irritant.

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two open oyster shells with pearls in them

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three oysters are sitting on the sand

Kyle D. asks: Why do oysters make pearls? Oysters make pearls as a defensive response to foreign objects. The process begins when some foreign body, such as sand, a parasite or some other organic material, manages to make its way inside the oyster’s shell and comes in contact with the mantle, a layer that protects the oyster’s internal organs, sometimes even [...]

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