The exquisite tints of the rice in different stages of growth display a translucence indescribable except in terms of light and fire.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
In the latter the light sent from beneath through the water played upon a roof of rock; reflections intermingled with translucence; and a greater variety of light and shadow compensated the lack of that strange sense of being shut within a solid gem.
"Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III."
John Symonds
I can only compare my Gabrielle to a pearl; her skin has the pearl's translucence, her soul its softness, and until this day Forcalier has been her fostering shell.
"The Hated Son"
Honore de Balzac