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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 6-K

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                            REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

                      PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                   REPORT ON FORM 6-K DATED NOVEMBER 23, 2010

                        Commission File Number: 000-51183

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                          SHAMIR OPTICAL INDUSTRY LTD.
                 (Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)

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                      Kibbutz Shamir, Upper Galilee, 12135
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

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     (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F).

                        Form 20-F [X]   Form 40-F  [_]

     (Indicate by check whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934).

                              Yes [_]   No [X]

     (If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b);82-_______)

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release dated November 23, 2010,
relating to the Registrant's financial results for the third quarter of 2010.
Also attached, as Exhibit 99.2, is a redacted version of the press release, from
which certain non-GAAP financial information has been deleted.

Exhibit 99.2 is hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statements on Form S-8 of the Registrant (registration Nos. 333-137628,
333-145945, and 333-153396).

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

                                   Shamir Optical Industry Ltd.
                                   (Registrant)

Date: November 23, 2010
                                           By: /s/ David Bar-Yosef
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                                           David Bar-Yosef, Advocate
                                           General Counsel