Paua Abalone

Paua Abalone is a shell that comes from the shallow coastal waters surrounding New Zealand.

Paua is one of the world's most beautiful shells because of it's incredible and intense variation of color. Typically incorporating blues and deep greens, even the pink material in the shell turns bluish when viewed from varying angles. The Paua shell is made of lustrous layers of hexagonal aragonite crystals of calcium carbonate, which is secreted by the Paua to form the shell.

Paua shells remind us of a kaleidoscope or hologram, with the colors dancing and sparkling as the iridescent patterns of the nacre catch the glints of light when viewed from different angles.

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