Culturing Abalone Pearls
The culturing process includes the prime selection of abalone ripe for seeding. This process is performed by trained divers, who pick premium abalone with desired mother-of-pearl lustre and quality.
The animals are then seeded by trained technicians, and tagged for ownership and identification.
The animals are then relocated to a secure aquaculture lease area and are nurtured for 2 years until the abalone pearl is ready for harvest.
The animals are then harvested. One animal can grow up to 3 pearls. All elements of the animal respected and sold for use, including the meat for eating, the gut for fertilisers, and the shell for various uses.
The abalone pearls are then graded for their colour, lustre, shape, size, and surface quality. Please refer to the grading menu for more details.
The Black-lip Abalone
The animals used to culture our exquisite Pearls are the Black-Lip Abalone (Halitosis rubra). This includes the tiger lip sub species as pictured.
The Black-lip abalone are found along the Australian coastline from New South Wales to Western Australia.
They are a single ear shaped shell, which graze on weeds and algae to help grow an extremely colourful mother-of-pearl shell, premium for abalone pearl production.
