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HALIOTIS ABALONE SHELL CABOCHON PAIR - EXTREME SHINING RAINBOW IRIDESCENT LUSTER |
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Item # |
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138 0078
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Type of shell |
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Rainbow iridescent ABALONE Haliotis diversicolor shell cabochon ~ this is not ready to wear jewelry.
This pair of cabochons are cut perfectly for setting into your jewelry design.
Simply use hang-in hooks and your earrings are ready
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Amount |
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1 (one) pair = 2 (two) pieces
* All photos are taken from the actual item *
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Weight |
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approx. 2.20 gram
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Size |
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Length: approx. 20.87 mm = 0.81 inches
Width: approx. 16.76 mm
Thickness / height: approx. 2.79 mm
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Perforation |
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These shell cabochons are fully drilled front to back (on top) with an approx. 1.20 mm drill hole.
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Shape |
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Abalone in freeform cut shell cabochon
This pair is slightly curved in the shape of the natural shell (not flat)
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Color |
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Multicolor body with a stunning highly lustrous metallic rainbow iridescent over-glow.
The color of this shell is 100% natural. It is not dyed and there are no other enhancements.
This Abalone shell cabochon is backed with bronze Mother-of-Pearl.
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Luster |
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Excellent
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Quality |
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A-Grade / AA+ to AAA
The nacre of these colorful shells is thick and durable.
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Origin |
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Bali and the outer islands / Indonesia
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Haliotis diversicolor / Abalone shell |
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Abalone, known scientifically as Haliotis diversicolor, is a fascinating sea snail found in various coastal waters. This marine mollusk is recognized for its colorful appearance and tasty meat, which are highly valued in many cuisines. Its unique shell structure and vibrant colors make it an important species for both fisheries and aquaculture.
Haliotis diversicolor, also a common name The Variously Colored Abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone.
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 85 mm. The shell is long and oval. The spire is very near the margin. The surface of the shell is spirally lyrate; the lines are unequal, rounded and crossed by low folds indicating former positions of the peristome.
Its color pattern is reddish-brown, scarlet and green in irregular patches and streaks. The coloration is very variable. The oval perforations number usually 7 to 9. There is no angle at the row of perforations, and the space between perforations and the columellar margin has unequal spiral cords, not coarser than those of the rest of the disk. The inner surface is silvery with light green and red reflections. The two sides are equally curved, and the back is quite convex. The columellar plate is rather narrow, flattened, sloping inward, not in the least truncate at the base. It is so wide above as to wholly conceal the cavity of the spire.
This species is variable and rather bright in coloration, distinguished by its long oval form, numerous perforations and spiral libation.
The bright rainbow iridescent color compares to Ancient Roman Glass.
This species occurs in temperate northwestern Pacific Ocean off Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam off Australia and in Indonesian waters including Bali. The shell from these last two sites differs somewhat from the holotype by being a bit more elongate and having a dark sepia color.
Abalone has been harvested for seafood and aesthetics since prehistory. Abalone shells and associated materials, like their claw-like pearls and nacre, have been used as jewelry and for buttons, buckles and inlay.
These shells have been found in archaeological sites around the world, ranging from 100,000-year-old deposits.
Aquafarming of abalone as a meat product began in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Japan and China.
Since the mid-1990s, there have been many increasingly successful endeavors to commercially farm abalone for the purpose of consumption.
Abalone has long been a valuable food source for humans in every area of the world where a species is abundant. The meat of this mollusc is considered a delicacy in certain parts of the worlds (particularly France, New Zealand, East Asia and Southeast Asia.
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Bronze Mother-of-Pearl shell |
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Bronze Mother-of-Pearl – Pteria Penguin ~ Penguin Winged Oyster
Pteria is a genus of winged oyster closely related to Pinctata that also produces commercial quantities of pearls. Winged oysters are edible but unpalatable and seldom produce precious pearls.
It is a tropical species, with pearly interiors and long, wing-like projections of the hinge, and has fragile shells.
Winged oysters are found naturally on rocks and coral near channels and capes where the current runs fast and they attach themselves to the ocean bottom and to wharf pilings. Pteria Penguin is a major source of Mabe Pearl production.
The Black Winged Oyster, Pteria Penguin that grows up to 20-30 cm in diameter is also called “the penguin wing oyster” from its shape like a wing. They commonly display a silver color under the oyster muscle with a rich mauve, gold banding towards the black/brown outer lip.
The Black Winged Oyster produces brilliant nacre with a rainbow-like spectrum of hues and possesses a uniquely penetrating brilliance, with hues ranging from light pink through deep "rainbow".
Sometimes the pearls have gold or other hues of high rarity. This rich variety of lustrous hues combines with nacreous layers of a rarely seen fineness of texture to give this pearl. The Black Winged Pearl Oyster can be found in the east to the western tropical Pacific and from the southern islands of Japan in the north to the southern waters of Australia and Indonesia.
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Our Seashell Products |
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All our seashell products a sourced ethically.
Our mission
Organic, biodegradable materials should be treated with care and respect.
Our carvings are hand-crafted by traditional people of natural materials which were harvested in an environmentally responsible way. All our organic products are crafted, one piece at a time. We strive to provide quality, unique, handmade earth-friendly products to satisfy the soul and beyond …
By purchasing our organic products, you are supporting traditional crafts and culture, while improving the quality of lives in local communities. We provide jobs where there may otherwise be none. We work directly with the craftspeople to create our original designs.
We stand behind the quality of our product and the aesthetic of its design.
By choosing our organic products you are not contributing to the environmental hazards and degradation of natural land.
No materials are wasted in our production process. All are biodegradable.
Any scraps are composted in the gardens.
Our organic raw materials are responsibly harvested
Our Carvings
Our carvings are handcrafted in Bali (Indonesia) by our in-house Balinese shell carvers.
They are not machine mass produced products.
All pieces are hand carved one by one which makes each piece a one-of-a-kind piece of art.
We know you will enjoy using and wearing our carvings as much as we enjoy making them.
As these carvings are hand-carved one by one out of natural material, the color, luster, size, weight, pattern and expression vary slightly from piece to piece.
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