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Abalone / Mother of Pearl     

Abalone is a beautiful shell showing a play of bright blues and turquoise across a polished surface. Shells are the outer housing (exoskeleton) of sea-creatures, and is an organic gemstone which has been used in jewelry making and religious ceremonies for countless ages. Usually found off the coasts of South America, Japan, and China. 

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Mother of Pearl is the name given to the iridescent coating on the inside of mollusk shells. When an object gets inside the shell of a mollusk, it will protect itself by coating the invading object with the same material it uses to coat pearls (nacre). This is where the name creator (mother) of pearls comes from. Nacre is found in pearl oysters, freshwater mussels and abalone.


Mystical Properties:
Abalone is reported by intuitive sources to stimulates psychic development and intuition, and promotes imagination in a healthy way.  Nicknamed the sea ears, the Abalone's flattened, oval shape with iridescent interior was used by the Native Northwest American Indians as a natural vessel for cleansing, offerings and prayers. 

Abalone is purported to be especially useful for handling and calming emotional situations, and be very soothing to the emotions. Having abalone nearby when working through an emotional situation with someone is said to be beneficial, and to promote cooperation. Abalone is reported by intuitive sources to stimulates psychic development and intuition, and promotes imagination in a healthy way. Mystical Lore and Folklore says that abalone is helpful for arthritis and other joint disorders, muscle problems, the heart, and digestion. 

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The mother of pearl is often used for feng shui practitioners in order to attract a benefit towards a strategic house point or to improve a specific life area.

Some stones are believed to have the power of attracting happiness or love to the life of whom carries them or keep them in their homes. These stones are often used in symbolic objects which are strategically placed in the house.  The way in which a stone is seen and what it symbolizes depends not only on its type but also on the way it is used and seen by each specific culture and the traditions behind it.

Mother of Pearl is also used as a symbol of faith and innocence. As a rule, never use alcohol around mother of pearl because it will eat right through the coating, causing irreparable damage.


Healing Properties:
Abalone is very healing to the body and especially the first three chakras. It is also calming to high strung people.  Used by athletes to help build and protect muscle tissue. Also benefits the heart and helps in digestion. 

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In China, mother of pearl was used to treat heart palpitations, high blood pressure, said to stimulate imagination and help with decision making.


Magical Properties:
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According to the oriental traditions and the Chinese culture, the mother of pearl is a very symbolic stone. This symbolism is based on the belief that mother of pearl attracts wealth and a better income to the person who keeps it. This way, many feng shui and Chinese objects which symbolize money and wealth contain this stone in order to improve its powers.

Besides attracting wealth and money, the mother of pearl also symbolizes prosperity and good luck. This way, it is often given as a present in order to wish good luck to a friend or a loved one in some circumstances such as when that person is going to travel or will go through a very important exam among many other situations. Besides this, by simply carrying a symbolic item containing mother of pearl, a person's good luck and prosperity would become highly improved and enhanced.