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Wikipedia: Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from cocoons made by the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity. The shimmering appearance of silk is due to the triangular prism-like structure of the silk fibre which allows silk cloth to refract incoming light at different angles thus producing different colors.
![[Models in silk dresses at the MoMo Falana fashion show]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Models_by_David_Shankbone_s.jpg "Models in silk dresses at the MoMo Falana fashion show")
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![[Silk filaments being unraveled from silk cocoons, Cappadocia, Turkey, 2007.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Turkeye_Urg_C3_BCp02_s.jpg "Silk filaments being unraveled from silk cocoons, Cappadocia, Turkey, 2007.")
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![[Woven silk from Cambodia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Khmersilk_s.jpg "Woven silk from Cambodia")
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![[Silk clothing in the Tacuinum Sanitatis (XIV century)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/56_aspetti_di_vita_quotidiana_2Cabbigliamento_in_seta_2CTaccuino_s.jpg "Silk clothing in the Tacuinum Sanitatis (XIV century)")
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 from Paxse |
 from user:sailko |
![[Dress made from silk]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Vestido_Javiera_Carrera_s.jpg "Dress made from silk")
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![[Four of the most important domesticated silk worms, together with their adult moth forms, Meyers Konversations]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Meyers_b14_s0826a_s.jpg "Four of the most important domesticated silk worms, together with their adult moth forms, Meyers Konversations")
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from Jorgebarrios |
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