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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | Shells from any marine mollusk of the family ''Ostreidae''. Edible mollusks, such as the ''Ostrea virginica'', found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Chesapeake Bay, account for most of the shells currently produced. Pearl white, a white, [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=calcium | + | Shells from any marine mollusk of the family ''Ostreidae''. Edible mollusks, such as the ''Ostrea virginica'', found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Chesapeake Bay, account for most of the shells currently produced. Pearl white, a white, [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=calcium%20carbonate calcium carbonate] pigment is made by either crushing pearls or oyster shells. Oyster shells are also crushed then calcined to produce a high grade of commercial [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=lime lime]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
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Description
Shells from any marine mollusk of the family Ostreidae. Edible mollusks, such as the Ostrea virginica, found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Chesapeake Bay, account for most of the shells currently produced. Pearl white, a white, calcium carbonate pigment is made by either crushing pearls or oyster shells. Oyster shells are also crushed then calcined to produce a high grade of commercial lime.
Synonyms and Related Terms
coquille d'huitre (Fr.); caille d'huitre (Fr.); concha de ostra (Port.); pearl white; oyster shell white
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- R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966
- Ralph Mayer, Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- R.D. Harley, R.D. Harley, Artists' Pigments c. 1600-1835, Butterworth Scientific, London, 1982
- G.S.Brady, G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 132
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000