New Zealand Paua Abalone Sterling Silver Necklace Pendant

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New Zealand Paua Abalone Sterling Silver Necklace PendantThis sterling silver pendant features two stunning New Zealand Paua shell cabochons. I matched, cut, and formed a large and small cabochon before giving each a strong supporting polymer backing as is often done with turquoise and spiny oyster. I framed them with a row of hand formed rope and joined them with small jump rings to give articulation. They have enclosed backs which helps protect the cabochons and also adds substantial silver weight to the

The stations are connected with hand forged mini paperclip links

One Island country

The overall length including the dragonfly is 18”

This mine also produced large amounts of gold

A whole bunch of chemical/mineral/environmental things happened

I bezel set this large cabochon and framed it with silver rope

One of my turquoise suppliers specializes in cabochons from the estates of silver artists and miners…many of these cabochons are super rare as they come from mines that closed decades ago

Although they are referred to as “inlay”

I have a matching pendant listed separately

I’ve been able to identify many of the cabochons I’ve purchased from him

and azurite pear shaped cabochon

lead and zinc

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