What is mother of pearl button ?

Answer 1

Mother of pearl buttons are made out of seashells. The are shiny on the front but usually rather dull and brown on the back.

Pearls are formed inside the shell of certain bivalve mollusks. As a response to an irritating parasite inside its shell, the mollusk will deposit layers of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the form of the minerals aragonite or calcite (both crystalline forms of calcium carbonate) held together by an organic horn-like compound called conchiolin. This combination of calcium carbonate and conchiolin is called nacre, or as most know it,MOTHER OF PEARL.

Answer 2

Mother of pearl buttons are made out of seashells. The are shiny on the front but usually rather dull and brown on the back. You can also get watches with mother of pearl on them. There are so many other accesories now that have mother of pearl on them, too.

Answer 3

My Lacoste polo has a mother of pearl button. Unlike plastic ones, not every button are the same. The mother of pearl buttons, when light reflects off of, are bright, shiny and coloful.

Answer 4

A button made out of mother of pearl.

Mother of pearl is a pearl in formative stage (it is a terminology).