Abalone pearls is one of the most beautiful, and unusual pearl. This Abalone pearl has rich and exotic colors. Abalone pearls are rarest and highly prized with blue, green hues.
Abalone pearls are obtained from gastropod mollusk named Haliotis. Mother-of-pearl shell of abalone has intense luster and mixed colors like blue, lavender, orange, green, pink, silver and all possible combinations. Beauty of Abalone lies in assortment in color and typical irregular shape. These rare pearls are very occasionally symmetrical. The most common shape in these irregular shapes is horn shape. Shape of Abalone depends upon its anatomy. Probability of finding Abalone is nearly one in billion. Culturing of these pearls is very difficult, only Abalone mabe pearls are harvested successfully on large scale.
Abalone jewelry is not very popular in USA and Europe but it is very popular in New Zealand and Australia. But beauty of these Abalones is attracting more and more consumers and buyers.
Earrings made up of Abalone are very expensive since abalone itself is very rare and expensive. But this earring looks very beautiful. Abalone has many different shapes, color like round, oval, flat and baroque. Most common shape is horn shape. Even color range of abalone is very wide from royal blue, green, magenta and silver pink to gold, bronze to silver, cream and purple. You have wide variety to choose from. Abalones with several color combinations and different shapes can be found in single animal. It is very difficult to find similar matching pairs for earring is very difficult.
Abalone mother-of-pearl is usually used in earrings. This mother of pearls can be carved in any shape. Mother-of-pearl of abalone have very dark sheen, luster and different colors same as Abalone so it is widely used in earrings and other type of jewelry like bracelets and necklace. Some asymmetrical shaped Abalone is used in drop and hoop type of earrings. Baroque Abalone with patterns like circled or streak pattern are used in chandelier or hook type of earring. Some other gemstones like diamond or jade can inserted in the streaks or circled patterns.