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Keep Pearls Out of Salads

  • May 9, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Vinegar can dissolve pearls. The acid in vinegar breaks down the calcium carbonate that makes up most of a pearl, which forms when an oyster reacts to an irritant in its shell. How fast the pearl dissolves depends on how big it is, and how strong the acid is.

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