Abalone Pearls and Mabes

[J Marcus]

Greetings Hopepaua,

Those look very nice. Are the two loose ones natural as well and are you processing them into mabe's? I'm assuming that you are a New Zealander. Am I correct in this? I've heard many wonderful things about New Zealand. Perhaps you can enlighten us with more.

Kind regards,
J Marcus
http://www.flyrodjewelry.com/home.html

 

[hopepaua]

Hi and welcome to the forum, Hopepaua.

Lovely picture of a lovely Oyster with "blister-children".

Thank you , I hope many more babies are coming!
hopepaua

 

[hopepaua]

Greetings Hopepaua,

Those look very nice. Are the two loose ones natural as well and are you processing them into mabe's? I'm assuming that you are a New Zealander. Am I correct in this? I've heard many wonderful things about New Zealand. Perhaps you can enlighten us with more.

Kind regards,
J Marcus
http://www.flyrodjewelry.com/home.html

Hi, J Marcus
Thank you for your compliment, yes two loose blisters are natural as well.Unfortunately I'm not Kiwi, I'm Japanese living in Japan though Paua pearls are from New Zealand and I'd love to share how beautiful natural paua pearls with you guys.

Best regards,
hopepaua

 

[SteveM]

I'm Japanese living in Japan though Paua pearls are from New Zealand and I'd love to share how beautiful natural paua pearls with you guys.

Hopepaua, as an admirer both of Japan and of H. Iris/paua shells, welcome! Eyris Mab?s have introduced many to the wonders of the colors of this shell, and the shell itself is at least as spectacular as the mab?s. And freeform natural paua pearls are among the greatest remaining natural treasures in today's pearl world.

We look forward to hearing more about your acquisitions and experiences!

 

[patriciadear]

if anyone is still looking at this posting.. I may be way off, but I wonder if the pearl is from the bottom of an abalone.. from the area where a raised nodule forms around one of the holes? (The back of the abalone could be polished down to the nacre.) I have some antique stick pins set with raised abalone. They look like blister pearls but not.. I've always wondered about the abalone nodules in these pins.Wondered if they were abalone "blister" pearls or the nodules on the back of the mollosk? Can anyone answer this question?

 

[patriciadear]

oops.. the minute I posted the above question the page scrolled to reveal exacly the same kind of antique abalone 'blister pearl' I was talking about!!! So my questions were instantly answered.. Ues, I thought the red tipped blister pearl in antique jewelery were nodules .. so I guess I was right... I have one pin that seems to be set with some kind of stone inside where the top of the apparently thin nacre was worn down.. I wonder how I can find out if the inside is a gem stone or just filler or maybe an inset of mother of pearl.. are there any sites that explain the formula for making these gems?

 

[Caitlin]

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Thanks for the links Valeria101 and the information smetzler. Found the links and all the informations very interesting.

There is also a so called Abalone blister pearl type often listed on eBay. I will include a photo of one of them. I am presuming that they are some kind of little blister pearl or not coming out of the shell itself. They do rather interest me and I would like to know what they actually are and what causes them to grow like that. Some can look really nice. Some.

I have wondered if the original Abalone shell pearl ring that I listed might have actually had one of these blisters on top and it might have been knocked off during wearing. Look at the side view and you can understand why

Thanks all, Bodecia

Hi
The first abalone ring could be a blister pearl and natural. The one in this post is from shell. The orange layer is part of at least some kinds of shells. I am including a ring where it is almost shaved off and an abalone bead made in the 50's that was punched straight through to the outside of the shell. Only sometimes it the shell that almost coral color.