A mabe pearl is actually a cultured blister pearl that is grown differently than other cultured pearls.
What is a mabe pearl.
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.
Instead of being grown inside the body of a mollusk creature a mabe pearl is grown against the inside of the shell.
What exactly are mabes.
The fact that they are mabes is what makes the big size and the south sea mollusk nacre makes them beautiful.
These large super sized pearls are breath takingly lovely.
Grown attached to the inside of the shell mabe pearls are hemispherical in shape.
Their dome shape distinguishes them from other pearl types and gives mabe pearl jewelry a unique look.