BLUE PEARLS
The blue pearl ( Haliotis iris ) truly captures nature - blues, green violet and pinks - bright and vibrant, soft and subtle. This variation in colour gives each pearl a distinctive character and uniqueness.
The nacre is the most colourful part of the abalone shell. In Haliotis iris, it is made up of thousands of layers or randomly secreted aragonite and calcite crystals, which are bonded together by conchiolin. The nacre gives the blue pearl its lustre and hardness while the conchiolin acts as a mirror reflecting light back through the nacre to the observer for maximum light return, iridescence and colour.
Marie Scapa created this magnificent hand fabricated pin / pendant
which she named ‘Blue Moon’.