Description
This Pendant has been shaped to enhance natures work for your lasting pleasure.
This is a Mabe Pearl. In the warm lagoons of Manihiki & Penrhyn in the Northern Cook Islands, the Framer secures a dome-shaped teardrop, heart etc on the inside of the shell (Black lip Mother of Pearl Pinctada margaritifera) The Oyster is returned to the sea for 12-18 months because the dome causes an irritation, the oyster responds by putting layers of Nacre over the shape, thereby creating this Pearl luster.