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  • A parasite works its way into a mollusk's shell and the inner tissue, called the mantle. The mollusk reacts to this disturbance by covering it with a membrane. This pearl sac contains epithelial cells; these cells begin to deposit aragonite and calcite around the cells to form a pearl.

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    How Pearls Are Formed

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