Natural Abalone Pearl Pendant
& Loose Pearls

Exquisite antique and modern natural abalone pearl pendants and loose pearls for sale.

abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: green and pink
Shape: round
Weight:
Size: 6.5mm
Metal: 14 kt gold
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Price: $594.00

abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: Iridescent blue, green, silver
Shape: Button & Baroque
Size: Large Pearl 46mm or 1.8 inches
Small Pearl 9mm
Metal: 10K Gold
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Price: $3,329
abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: Strong vibrant iridescent blues, mauves, purple, electric green with overtones of orange.
Shape: Baroque
Weight: 260 Carats
Size: 9.2cm (3.5in) in length, 5cm (2in) in width & 2cm (0.79in) at the highest point
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Price: $14,460

abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: incredibly vivid intense blues and greens and flashes of mauves oranges and purples
Shape: Wing shape
Size: 98 x 29 x 5mm
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Price: $16,800
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abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: Iridescent greens and blues
Shape: Baroque
Weight: 175 carats
Size: 3 7/8" x 1 5/8 inches
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Price: $5,000 New Price

abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: multicolored
Shape: Horn shape
Weight: 118 carats
Size: 7.5 mm
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Price: $33,318

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abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: Blues & Greens - Iridescence
Shape: Typical Horn Shape
Weight: 22 carats
Size: 52mm x 25mm x 13mm - 2" x 1" Inches
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Price: $1,100

abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: Iridescent
Shape: great white shark
Weight: 54.6cts
Size: 3 inches x 1 inch
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Price: $12,500
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abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: Green/Deep Blues/Gold
Shape: Rounded teardrop
Weight: 45 Carats
Size: 27 x 23 x 16mm
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Price: $19,800

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abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: Iridescence
Shape: Baroque
Weight: 11.62 carats
Size: 17 x 16.5 x 9mm
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Price: $565
abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: Iridescence
Shape: Oval Baroque
Weight: 10.23 carats
Size: 24 x 12 x 7.5mm
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Price: $565

abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: Greenish Blue Iridescent
Shape: dugout canoe
Weight: Approx. 42 carats
Size: 69 x 19mm
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Price: $3,430 Or Best Offer!
abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: Multicolored
Shape: Horn
Weight: 15.1cts
Size: 31mm x 11.5mm
Price: $1,080

abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: blue, silver, pink
Shape: oval/baroque
Weight: 45 carats
Size: 76 x 56 x 75mm
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Price: $18,000

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abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: silvery-white shading to dove-grey with a pink and blue orient
Shape: Baroque
Weight: 212.5 carats
Size: 47x47x21mm
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Price: $62,500
Contact Kari to purchase this pearl. Mention 212ct White Abalone Pearl.

abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: Iridescence
Shape: Oval baroque
Weight: 9.06 carats
Size: 29 x 12 x 4.5mm
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Price: $565

abalone pearl
Abalone Pearl

Color: Multicolored
Shape: Horn
Weight: 145.63 carats
Size: 50 x 36mm
Certificate: GIA, New York
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Price: $18,000
Contact Kari to purchase this pearl. Mention "145 carat abalone pearl"

Kunz in his 1908 book of pearls says this about abalone pearls.

The abalones (Haliotidae) found on the coasts of California, Japan, New Zealand, and other localities in the Pacific, secrete pearly concretions, sometimes with fine luster.

Abalone pearls are especially interesting on account of their brilliant and unusual colors. Green predominates, but blue and yellow also occur. Although commonly very small, some of the well-formed ones exceed seventy-five grains in weight, and those of irregular shape may be very much larger. The ear-shells also produce many irregular pearly masses. Their beautiful greenish or bluish tints adopt them for artistic jeweled objects such as the body of a fly or of a beetle.

Abalones occur in many inshore tropical and semi-tropical waters, and particularly in the marginal waters of the Pacific. They attach themselves to the rocks by means of their large muscular disk-shaped foot, which acts like a sucker or an exhaust-cup.

On the California coast the abalones are gathered in large quantities for the pearls, for the shells and especially for the flesh, which is dried and used for food.

Experiments in growing pearls in the abalone or Haliotis were made in 1897 by Louis Bouton, an account of which was given at the meeting of the Paris Academie des Sciences in 1898. The tenacity of life in this mollusk makes it especially desirable for experiments of this nature. Through small holes bored into the shell, pellets of mother-of-pearl were inserted and placed within the mantle, the small holes being afterward closed up. Other nacreous pellets were introduced directly into the bronchial cavity. The objects were soon covered with thin, pearly layers, resulting in a few months in spheres of much beauty, resembling somewhat the pearls naturally produced by this mollusk. In six months, according to M. Bouton, the layers became of sufficient thickness to be attractive. Within limitations, the size of the pearl produced is in proportion to the length of time it is allowed to remain within the mollusk. The results of the experiments seem to encourage further efforts in this line, and possibly in course of time there may be a profitable business in growing pearls in abalones on the pacific coast of the United States. Indeed, the experiments in transplanting and cultivating the pearl-oyster in Australia leads one to fancy that the culture of that species in the warm coastal waters of America is by no means an impossibility.

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175 Carat Abalone Pearl Iridescent Blues and Greens 
Type of pearl: Abalone pearl Weight: 175 carats Shape: Baroque Size: 3 7/8" x 1 5/8 inches Color: Iridescent greens and blues …

Abalone Pearl 17mm with Iridescence 11+ carats 
Type of pearl: Abalone Pearl Weight: 11.62 carats Shape: Baroque Size: 17 x 16.5 x 9mm Color: Iridescence Location of Origin: …

145+ carat Natural Abalone Pearl 
Type of pearl: Natural Abalone Carat Weight: 145.63 carats Shape: Horn Size: 50mm x 36mm Color: Multicolored Location of Origin: Northern …

Extraordinary 212 carat Natural Baroque White Abalone Pearl, Bodega Bay, California 
Type of pearl: Abalone Pearl Carat Weight: 212.5 carats Shape: Baroque Size: 47 x 47 x 21mm Color is silvery-white shading to dove-grey …

Rare Abalone Pearl Approx. 42 carats 
Type of pearl: Abalone Carat Weight: Approx. 42 carats Shape: Approx. dugout canoe Size in mm: 69 x 19mm Color: multi Location of Origin: …

DOUBLE NATURAL ABALONE PEARL PENDANT 
Natural Abalone Size: Large Pearl 46mm or 1.8 inches Small Pearl 9mm Color: Iridescent blue, green, silver Origin: New Zealand Metal: …

260 carat Abalone - Paua Pearl Iridescent Blue, Purple and Green Not rated yet
Type of pearl: Natural Paua Pearl Weight: 52 grams = 260 Carats Shape: Baroque Size: 9.2cm (3.5in) in length, 5cm (2in) in width & 2cm (0.79in) …

Perfect Shape Natural Abalone Pearl 118 carats Not rated yet
Type of pearl: Natural Abalone Pearl Weight: 118 carats Shape: Horn shape Size: 7.5 mm Color: multicolored Location of Origin: …

2 Inch Abalone Pearl Necklace 22carats Not rated yet
Type of pearl: Abalone pearl Weight: 22 carats Shape: Typical Horn Shape Size: 52mm x 25mm x 13mm - 2" x 1" Inches Color: Blues …

Rounded Teardrop Abalone Pearl 45 Carats Not rated yet
Type of pearl: Abalone Pearl Weight: 45 Carats Shape: Rounded teardrop Size: 27 x 23 x 16mm Color: Green/Deep Blues/Gold Location of Origin: …

Abalone Pearl 29+mm with Iridescence Not rated yet
Type of pearl: Abalone Pearl Weight: 9.06 carats Shape: Oval baroque Size: 29 x 12 x 4.5mm Color: Iridescence Location of Origin: …

Abalone Pearl with Iridescence 10 carats 14mm Not rated yet
Type of pearl: Abalone Pearl Weight: 10.23 carats Shape: Oval Baroque Size: 24 x 12 x 7.5mm (mistake in filename) Color: Iridescence …

Abalone Pearl 45 carats for Sale Not rated yet
Type of pearl: natural abalone Carat Weight: 45 carats Shape: oval/baroque Size: 76 x 56 x 75mm Color: blue, silver, pink Location …

California Red Abalone Blister Pearl Pendant 6mm Not rated yet
Type of pearl: Natural red abalone blister pearl Shape: round Size: 6.5mm Color: green and pink Location of Origin: California …

"Great White Shark" Red Abalone Pearl Not rated yet
Type of pearl: Red Abalone Pearl *Carat Weight: 54.6cts *Shape: That of a great white shark *Size: approx. 3 inches x 1 inch Location …

Gorgeous Natural Abalone Wing Shaped Pearl  Not rated yet
Type of pearl: Natural Abalone pearl from New Zealand Shape: Wing shape Size: 98mm long, 29mm widest point, depth 5mm - 3.85 inches x 1 inch Color: …

Natural California Abalone Pearl Pendant - 11+ ct Not rated yet
Type of pearl: California Red Abalone Pearl Carat Weight: 11.7 cts Shape: Baroque Size in mm: 24.63 X 13 X 6.16 Color: Green, Blue, Pink …