Oyster. Reading that word, you probably formed an image in your mind of a rough-shelled creature with a shiny mother-of-pearl (nacreous) inside that someone pulled out of some silt in an estuary. And yes, that’s what most oyster’s look like. Some oysters are of additional economic value through their creation of pearls. These pearl oysters have…
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