KOREAN AWABI ABALONE (Haliotis supertexta),
S. Korea: a small, pale-colored abalone, which has a fine internal wrinkly/bumpy/wavy figure but possesses almost the same intensity of color and iridescence as Turbo shell!
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JAPANESE AWABI ABALONE (Haliotis madaka, formerly gigantea),
Japan: until the beds were overfished, this was one of the largest abalone species, second only to the Red abalone.
The nacre is very pale, but with strong “washboard” figure, though not as tightly rippled as the best Green abalone can produce.
Seen often as a backing veneer in antique fans, known in France as “nacre d’orient” and in England as “goldfish”.
The shells are too thin to make thicker solid blanks, but see GRAVLAM.
Size : 240 x 140 x 0.15 mm
