| I think #140 is a pinctada too. I actually meant the bottom shell #54 which looks like a thick chunk of shell more like a nautilus than a pinctada....I think the shape must reflect the shape of the shell it came from.
I was on a big osmina hunt a month or so ago because I realized a lot of people call osmina "mabe" pearls. There is a lot of confusion out there and I am perfectly happy saying I am in no way sure.....Anyway I saw osmina in both the gray-blue and in white with the same texture as the one above.
I have never seen abalone shells totally lacking in pattern. I have seen more of the Haliotis kamtschatkana shells than any other kind of abalone and no matter how pale, they still have mild rainbows in them.
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Caitlin  potamilus purpuratus American Pearl Mussel Where can I get a pearl from this mussel?
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