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MOP & POLISHED SEASHELLS and chocolate sea shell

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What is a chocolate sea shell? For all our craft customers, artists, mosaicists and jewellers, we do have a wide range of interesting MOP options. You can cut, grind, file, drill or glue this material using standard jeweller's tools. Due to the increasing demand, we have now also added a range of POLISHED SEASHELLS to our range. Scroll down to take a look!
PEARL SHELLS are individual pearl oyster halves from the pearl farms in North-Western Australia. Pinctada maxima produce the famous cultured South Sea Pearls and are approx. 15cm (6") or more in diameter, with beautiful white and shiny MOP (mother-of-pearl) inside. The rough natural outer surface and brittle lips are often trimmed back to avoid cracking. Besides being much in demand for shell displays, the MOP is a source material for inlay and other craft work, for instrument makers, mosaicists, etc. If you indicate that you need these shells for a particular purpose, we will select accordingly. Large matched halves are also available as specimen shells, read more about chocolate sea shell