I am Proud to Offer You this Contemporary "Gifts from the Sea"™ Line of Exclusive Designs Created by Hawaiian Jewelry Artist Marta Howell®. Contemporary and Bold, Not for the Timid. Ever Know That Feeling When You See Something at a Moment's Glance and You do a Double-take Second Look...
I am Proud to Offer You this Contemporary "Gifts from the Sea"™ Line of Exclusive Designs Created by Hawaiian Jewelry Artist Marta Howell®. Contemporary and Bold, Not for the Timid. Ever Know That Feeling When You See Something at a Moment's Glance and You do a Double-take Second Look, Because Your Eyes Just Didn't Believe What they Saw. This Was the Exact Effect Felt When I Came Across Marta's Gorgeous Collection of Unique and Superbly Crafted Art Pieces! Exquisitely Beautiful, Each and Every Piece is a Show Stopper! From Her Heart to Yours Comes this Beautiful Gift from the Sea! I truly apologize to her as my pictures do not best reflect the true appearance and beauty of her wonderful treasures as a gifted artist. All of Marta's Shell Pieces are Geographically-Selected as She Possesses a Keen Understanding of How Each Region's Shell Can Display Certain Qualities With Respect to Their Luster, Colors and Iridescent Characteristics. All of Marta's Calibrated and Uniform-Sized Semi-Precious Gemstones are "A+" Grade or Better as She Pursues to Achieve the Highest Quality of Standards in Each of Her Art Pieces Made.
NOTES: Cultured Tahitian Mabe Pearls Are the Rarest and Most Valued of All Cultured Mabe Pearl's Produced Throughout the World. As Such, the Extended Years Needed, Along With Requiring Very Large Oysters, and Higher Production Costs to Culture and Process These Pearls, Produces These Unique Mabe Pearls in Limited Quantities. These Lower Production Levels, Along With High Consumer Demands, Contribute to Their Rarity at a Higher Value For These Types of Mabe Pearls From Tahiti. Item is Much Better Than Pictured and Does Not Reflect the True Beauty of the Mother of Pearl Shell's Iridescent Hues, Shades, and Color Reflections, the Beautiful Natural Luster of This Mabe Pearl, or the Brilliance of the White Topaz Gemstone. Please State Your Optional Choice From One of Three Necklace Lengths (16", 18" or 20") in an Email or With a Note in Your Payment, Otherwise You Will Be Shipped the 18" Long Necklace as the Default Size. Brand New, Never Used Hawaiian-Designed Silver, Mother of Pearl Shell With Cultured Mabe <></>Pearl and Gemstone Pendant. 100% Solid .925 Solid Sterling Silver With Natural (Untreated) Tahitian Black-Lip Oyster's Mother of Pearl Shell, Cultured (Not Enhanced) Mabe Pearl, and Brazilian Capão Mines White Topaz Gemstone Accents. Design: Contemporary Crescent Cut Shell With Mabe Pearl and White Topaz #2; Cutout, Openwork, Natural Surface Raised Pearl Design, Hand-Cut and Hand-Shaped Shell, Subtle Rolling Concave Mother of Pearl Shell Surface, Rare Cultured Tahitian Mabe Pearl, Round-Cut Topaz Gem, Crescent-Shaped Shell, Natural Shell (Not Treated), Adjustable Bail, Extra High Polished Iridescent Shell, Smooth Silver High Polish Finish; Measures: Crescent Framed Shell is Approx. 9/16" Widest X 1 1/16" High; Overall 1 1/8" Widest X 1 11/16" Long Incl. Adjustable Bail, 5mm Wide X 10mm Long Adjustable Bail Opening; Mabe Pearl Gemstone is Approx. Just Over 5/8" Widest X Just Over 3/16" High, Round-Cut White Topaz Gem is Approx. 3/16" Wide X 3/16" Long X 1/16" Deep; Necklace Size: 18" Long (Default), Optional Lengths in 16" or 20" Also Available Upon Request; Weight: Approx. 11.5 grams (Without Necklace Cord); Gem Carat Weight: Approx.0.63 Cts Total White Topaz; Gemstone Grade: A-AA; Mabe Pearl Gem Grade: Premium Quality, Very Good (The Grading of Blister Pearls Do Not Use the Same Methods For Grading Colored Semi-Precious Gemstones). Blister and Mabe Pearls Are Graded as Levels of Either Poor, Fair, Good, and Very Good. Very Good Quality Blister Pearls Are Determined by Color, Rare Superiority, and Surface Texture and Luster. Blister Pearls Are Based on Indicators of Overall Color and Quality of Appearance. The Most Desired Colors Range From Light Pinks, to More Bluish Shades. The Unique Nacre of the Mabe Oyster Allows For Hues That Are Quite Brilliant and Rainbow-like. Generally, They Present an Iridescent Champagne Cast With Creamy and Golden Undertones. Their Brilliance is Quite Breathtaking at Times, Especially in the Rarest Colors, Which Consists of Pink With Gold Swirls. It is This Type of Color, Which Brings the Value to Blister Pearls, as Well as Their Rare Superiority in Texture and Luster. Though They Are Quite Lovely to Look at, They Will Not be as Expensive or Valuable as “Round” Pearls Due to Their Flat Side. The Blister Pearl on This Piece is 100% Completely Natural in Color and is Untreated and Not Enhanced in Any Way. Features: In Hawaiian, the Words "Piha pono" Means "Detailed", "Nani makamae" Means "Exquisite", "Nani e makahehi 'ia ai" Means "Alluring", "Ho`ohiluhilu" Means "Elegant" and "Punono" Means "Gorgeous", All of Which Describe This Exclusive Design Exactly! This Beautiful Hand-made, Hawaiian-Designed Sterling Silver Pendant is Superbly Hand-Crafted With an Extra High Polished Surface Shell Finish and a Smooth, Silver High Polish Finish Background. This Labor-Intensive Design Features a Gorgeous Iridescent, Crescent-Cut Piece of Natural (Not Treated, Not Color Enhanced) Tahitian Black-Lip Oyster's Mother of Pearl Shell to Enhance the Detailing. The Shell is High Detailed With Enhanced Polishing Techniques to Bring Out the Best Luster, Iridescence, and Colors of the Shell. This Shell Displays a Subtle Concave (Sunken) Surface Shape. This Lustrous Shell Piece Displays a Mixed Creamy Silver and Light Gray Color Background With Iridescent and Reflective Flashes of Pink, Green, Teal, Lime, Orange, and Violet Overtones...Just Gorgeous! The Shell's Satin Patina Has a Dimensional Quality, and at Every Turn of This Piece You See Colors Traversing Across its Face. The Shell is Encased in a Hand-Shaped Solid .925 Sterling Silver Frame Conforming to the Exact Cut Shape and Sides of the Shell Piece Using a Very Strong 40-Strand Sterling Silver Wire. An Absolutley Beautiful Cultured Black Tahitian Mabe Pearl Anchors the Middle Portion of the Pendant. Fixed Above the Mabe Pearl is a Stunning, Round Faceted White Topaz Gem to Accentuate the Overall Appearance. The Bezel-Framed Topaz Gem Features an Round-Cut to Produce Exceptional Reflections of Fire and Rivulets of Scintillation. The Focal Portion of The Pendant is Attached to an Included (Free of Charge) 1.9mm Thick, Black European Leather Cord Necklace Crafted of the Best Quality. The Reverse Side of the Pendant Features a Generous-Sized Adjustable Hidden Bail. The Bail is Open at the Bottom and Can Be Adjusted to Accommodate Several Wide Round and Flat Omega Chains or a Pearl Necklace, as Desired. The Mabe Pearl Displays the Same Color Backgrounds Off the Mother of Pearl Shell's Surface Including Subtle Flashes of Pink, Orange, Green, Teal, Lime, Violet, and Royal Blue. A Unique, One-of-a-Kind Work of Art That Exudes Pride of Ownership! Normally Retails for $740 and Higher in Fine Waikiki Shops, and Inter-Island Boutiques and Shopping Mall Jewelry Stores.<></>
This Cultured Mabe Pearl Displays a Good Surface Luster and Hues With a Beautiful, Medium-Dark Tone Silver/Slate Gray Color Background, Which is Completely Natural (This Mabe Pearl Has Not Been Heated or Treated in Anyway as There are No Known Enhancing Techniques Required For This Quality Type of Pearl Gem). This Fine Quality, Mabe Pearl Gem Has Natural, Untreated Surface Inclusions (The Pearl Appears Mostly Clean to the Unaided Eye) and is Only Visible Under a 10X Magnification. This Mabe Pearl Was Cultured in the Clear Waters Surrounding French Polynesia. About Marta: Staff Writer, Honolulu Advertiser - "A mollusk is not a pretty thing. At least from the outside. They are usually gray and craggy and covered with little craters that look like out-of-control warts. Of all the creatures in the ocean, a mollusk seems unlikely to be the one that would normally inspire art...until its shell is opened. Opening a mollusk can be like prying open a treasure box long hidden in the depths of the ocean. Iridescent colors explode from the shell, from pale gray-blues and soft golden tones to brilliant pinks, purples and greens. Now these gifts from the sea are being used to create one-of-a-kind wearable art by one of Hawai`i's jewelry designers Marta Howell of Kailua, on the Island of Oahu, Hawai`i." She begins with Mother-of-pearl, sometimes combining it with Corals and Semi-precious Stones such as Tourmaline, Peridot, Amethyst, Blue Topaz, Citrine and Garnet, as the muses move Her. David, her husband taught her silversmithing, and she uses silver to bind the pieces together. The effect is often of a silver frame around the shells and stones. Marta stated, "I see art in every piece of shell. It's a never-ending adventure. Taking layers from the shells was like finding a new world within the shell." Howell said the temperature of the ocean, age of the mollusk and algae and seaweed they eat help determine the colors the shells take on. Those from Sumatra have a golden hue; from Norway, blue-pink; and New Zealand's are green-blue. Howell said one of the properties she likes best about working with mother-of-pearl is that there is a shade that works with every skin color. When she is designing, she has six muses in mind, each is based on a woman she has known in real life. They range from a graceful, feminine Hawaiian woman to a businesswoman "with attitude." About Blister Pearls and Mabe Pearls: The Mabe oyster (Pteria penguin), also referred to as the penguin wing oyster is an oyster that produces blister pearls with better luster, iridescence, and color than other species. Both Blister and Mabe Pearls are quite different from what you might consider “normal” pearls. A mabe pearl is a hemispherical dome-shaped cultured pearl. Mabes occasionally appear in nature. Cultured mabes are grown intentionally, by using a hemispheric nucleus, rather than a round one; and by implanting it against the mantle of the oyster's shell, rather than within its tissue. The pearl then develops in a hemispheric form, with a flat back, as opposed to being relatively spherical, or at least rounded like standard pearls. While in the oyster a mabe pearl is actually considered a blister pearl not a mabe pearl. After the blister pearl has developed with sufficient nacre, it is "worked" to become a mabe pearl. Blister pearls are "worked" by cutting the pearl out of the shell with a circle-bit drill. The manually planted nucleus is then extracted, the inside of the nacre coating is color enhanced, and the void left by the nucleus is filled with an epoxy resin. The back of the pearl is then finished by covering the bottom with a polished piece of mother-of-pearl to complete the mabe pearl. Cultured mabes are used for such things as rings and earrings, rather than for stringing on necklaces. They tend to be very beautiful with high luster and orient. Blister Pearls on the other hand, are completely natural and left attached to the shell backing and the shell is polished to a smooth surface. Blister pearls are often cut into lovely freeform shapes, showing both the inner surrounding shell and the pearl. They can also be cut so that just the round pearl is left. Mabe pearls are in essence "half-pearls" and are often used in numerous jewelry styles and designs. Due to this one flattened side, mabe pearls become the ideal choice for jewelry such as earrings and rings which allow for a secure setting, and a concealed flat back. Some people call blister pearls "mabe pearls", this is only accurate if the blister pearl was grown in a Mabe oyster and removed later on to create the mabe. Modern-day cultured pearls are primarily the result of discoveries made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by the Japanese researchers Mise and Nishikawa. Although some cultures had long been able to artificially stimulate mollusks into producing a type of pearl, the pearls produced in this way were only blister and mabe, rather than actual round pearls. What Mise and Nishikawa discovered was a specific technique for inducing the creation of a round pearl within the gonad of an oyster. This technique was patented by Kokichi Mikimoto shortly thereafter, and the first harvest of rounds was produced in 1916.The mabe pearl first reached its popularity in the end of the 19th century, and from that time until the mid 20th century, many different efforts were made to attempt to cultivate the mabe pearl, most of which were in vein. However, some pearl farmers continued to persevere with their research, and finally established breeding techniques for the mabe pearl oyster in 1970, followed five years later by the mass production of cultured pearl harvests. Mabe pearls are most frequently produced within saltwater oysters in the regions of Japan, Indonesia, Australia, and French Polynesia. Blister and Mabe pearls come in a wide range of beautiful colors, which span from light pinks, to more bluish shades. Though they are quite lovely to look at, they will not be as expensive or valuable as “round” pearls due to the flat side. Today, the production of cultured mabe pearls has become quite stable, and the results are absolutely gorgeous. Depending on the desired size, 2 to 6 years are needed for each pearl. However, for those who enjoy the mabe pearl, it’s well worth the wait. Topaz Care and Cleaning Tips: Do not use an ultrasonic cleaner on your garnet jewelry. Put your jewelry on last and take it off first. Always complete your makeup before putting on your jewelry so that the chemicals in hairspray and makeup won't damage it and you will have to clean it less often. Remove your jewelry before doing any housework or yard work to prevent the possibility of breaking a clasp or the gemstone itself. Topaz, like diamond, has perfect basal cleavage; a sharp blow from the right direction will split it perfectly along its cleavage line. Avoid exposing your topaz to harsh chemicals, particularly acids. Keep topaz out of direct sunlight and extreme temperatures because the sun and heat can potentially alter its color. To keep your Topaz looking sparkly and bright, use warm water and add mild dishwashing liquid to the water, clean the stones with a soft cloth or toothbrush. Rinse the jewelry with warm water and pat it dry. To Store your Jewelry, Wrap each piece in its own cloth to keep it from touching other pieces. Place each piece in its own compartment in your jewelry box, separate from other gemstones because harder stones will scratch softer ones. Store your jewelry in a cool place out of direct sunlight. Jewelry Handling: It is Not Recommended to Use Harsh Cleaners, Detergents, Soaps, Shampoos, Jewelry Cloths or Jewelry Liquids, Chemicals, Chlorine, Body or Tanning Lotions, Ultrasonic Cleaners, Tarnish Creams, Showering, Swimming in Pools or Hot Tubs or the Ocean With Natural Sea Shell and Gemstone Adorned Silver Jewelry. About Tahitian Black Lip Oyster: An oyster, known scientifically as Pinctada margaritifera, is found in the South Pacific in areas such as Australia, Fiji, Tahiti, Okinawa, Cook Islands, Persian Gulf, parts of Indian Ocean, Baja California and the Gulf of Mexico. This particular species of oyster grows to about twelve inches in diameter and produces a wide range of dark-colored pearls commonly called "Tahitian pearls" or "Black pearls." The natural colors of pearls grown by this oyster include silver/white, light gray, dark gray, orange, gold, green, blue, purple, and black. Mother of Pearl Care: Use mild soaps and water on mother of pearl to clean it, and avoid storing it with jewelry which may scratch it and wear away the luminous layers of nacre. Purchase Assurance of Quality: As Each of These Pendants Are Intricately Hand-made, With High Attention-to-Detail, Using Mother of Pearl Shell, Mabe Pearl, and a Semi-Precious Gemstone, Each is a One-of-a-kind, Unique Design That You Will Cherish for Your Very Own! Makes a Great Gift or Treat Yourself to Start or Add to Your Collection of Fine Mixed Shell and Gemstone Jewelry Designs. Stamped .925 with Artist's Hallmark for Assurance Marks of Solid .925 Sterling Silver Purity and Quality Jewelry Art Created by Marta Howell. Hand-made with "aloha". Ships in a Gift Box with Special Marta Howell Gift Bag. 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