The grand entrance features a spectacular wall of opalescent, shimmering shells, cascading into beautiful shapes and pearlized, intricate designs.

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In his office, when Kendall looked up from his Tocqueville, he could see the opalescent lake spreading out in all directions.

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Conversely, in his Thames Valley view, it is the opalescent sky rather than the characteristically flat landscape that dominates the composition.

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Endless snowflakes fell from an opalescent Austrian sky and stayed on our noses and eyelashes while we warmed up with cups of clove-and-orange Christmas tea from Demmers Teehaus , Vienna's best.

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