What Does Mabe Pearl Mean

The fact that they are mabes is what makes the big size and the south sea mollusk nacre makes them beautiful.

What does mabe pearl mean.

Mabé pearls also known as blister pearls are half pearls that are cultivated on the inside of a mollusk s shell. A small nucleus usually made out of mother of pearl is attached to the shell of the mollusk and left to accumulate nacre over a period that usually runs about two or three years. Notice the colorful orient on the lower left hand mabe pearl. The silver lipped pinctada maxima produces white mabe pearls with cream or rose overtones while the gold lipped oyster produces golden hued mabe pearls.

Mabe south sea pearls photo by kari. Mabe pearl definition is a cultured pearl essentially hemispherical in form called also mabe. Mabe pearls can come in any type of pearl variety because they re not a type of pearl but rather the product of a change in the pearl harvesting process. Mabe pearls pronounced mah bay big and beautiful.

These large super sized pearls are breath takingly lovely.