Natural Abalone Pearls
In The Book of the Pearl, George Frederick Kunz (1856-1932) notes that a perfect specimen of an Abalone Pearl is “among the rarest, the most beautiful and the most valuable of gems.” Abalones are a mollusk with a once fairly wide population distribution. These univalve animals, found predominantly in mild temperate oceans, rarely produce pearls. In fact, actual statistics indicate that only one in 200,000 to 1 in a million animals yield a pearl of any consequence. Some pearls are sphere-like, some resemble disks and many occur in rather tooth-like shapes. Favorites of the collector are those with fanciful shapes and intense mixed colours. |
- There are 96 Abalone Pearls gemstones available at Multicolour.com
- Abalone Pearls(s) are organized in the following categories:
Mixed Lot, Single, gemstones.
- Our most expensive Abalone Pearls is USD 4943.04 and largest Abalone Pearls weight is CTS 55.78.
- Our cheapest Abalone Pearls is USD 44.16 and smallest Abalone Pearls weight is CTS 0.46.
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Find your Abalone Pearls
 Our Abalone Pearls(s) are available in various shapes, sizes and colors. 96 Abalone Pearls(s), too many to look through? You may select any combination of search options. .
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Abalone Pearls Profile
| Color information: |
Any combination of blue, green, pink, purple, cream white, silver, and gray. |
| Chemical Composition: |
CaCO3 |
| Hardness: |
2.5 - 4.0 |
| Density: |
2.66 – 2.78+ |
| Crystal Group: |
Not applicable |
| Ocurrence: |
Off the coast of California, Oregon, Alaska, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. |
| Sign of the Zodiac: |
N/A |
| Month of the year: |
N/A |
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Unlike the Oriental Natural, the Akoya pearl, and the South Sea and Tahitian cultured pearls, abalone pearls are not primarily judged by their roundness. Also, unlike other types of pearls, Abalone pearls are not subjected to any type of processing, such as bleaching or buffing. The pearls essentially look the way they look coming directly from the Abalone shell. A gem – by definition – must be beautiful, rare and durable. When all the considerations required for natural pearl formation are seriously analyzed, any natural gem quality pearl of any substantial size is truly the rarest of gems. The Abalone pearl, with its true scarcity and impending extinction will prove itself the ultimate prize for the knowledgeable and informed collector.
These pearls are maiden pearls fished from Pacific waters within the last twenty years. They were found along the coast of California from Arcata south past San Diego into Baja, California as far south as Bahia Asuncion.
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Abalone Pearls Single
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| Size: |
73.60 X 23.70 MM |
| Weight: |
51.49 CTS |
| Clarity: |
Opaque |
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USD 4943.04
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Abalone Pearls Single
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| Size: |
8.80 X 5.50 MM |
| Weight: |
0.46 CTS |
| Clarity: |
Opaque |
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| RECOMMENDED |
OUR PRICE
USD 44.16
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