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Shell material (5)

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I believe the answer is:

nacre

'shell material' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for nacre that I've seen before include "valuable material" , "Mother-of-pearl from shellfish" , "Mother-of-pearl - crane (anag)" , "inside of shell" , "Constituent of inlay furniture" .)

I've seen this clue in the L.A. Times Daily, the LA Times, The Washington Post, the Universal and the New York Times.
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