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Abalone Jewelry

Abalone jewelry is created in a variety of ways and into an even greater variety of forms from the entire shell, or fragments of it that break off during their growing process or during harvesting. It is also now created by using saws that can slice through the shell (not an easy feat) to create a thin, cross-sectioned piece that can stand as a piece on its' own or be incorporated into a piece of abalone jewelry using other types of materials and stones.

There are various beliefs held by different ancient cultures worldwide regarding abalone jewelry, including Native Americans and practitioners of Chinese Medicine, which regard the shimmering and colorful reflectivity of the shell as having the power to relieve emotional stress, and bring the individual into a more harmonious state by purging negative energies, fear, and sorrow from their being, granting insight allowing one to shed old beliefs and progress. It was at first for its' physical beauty, and later for these properties, and others, that abalone jewelry was originally made from this dazzling shell.