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Why I am selling this:This is a castoff from my mother's shell collection, a vast holding amassed over forty-odd years of active patronage of the country's best shell shops. While my mother still lives and retains the bulk of her collection, she has given this particular specimen to me for the purpose of selling it on . She is very generous!
What I am selling:This is a shell potentially dating from the 1970s through to the early 2000s, when my mother wound up her shell collection and turned to dollhouse miniatures. This is a black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii).Thisis a beach find and is from southern California, one of literally hundreds that she has found over the years along the coasts. (She always observed posted laws regarding abalone collection and never collected any live animals, of course.) Many abalone species have since gone into severe decline due to overfishing and withering disease.
Although my listing is aimed at shell collectors, black abalone is also an excellent resource material for creating jewelry, mosaics, and other arts and crafts.
I do combine shipping on items by taking the *most expensive* shipping level and adding $1 for EACH additional combined item. (Ex. three items at $5, $6, and $8 shipping becomes $8 +$1 +$1 = $10 combined shipping instead of $19 individually shipped; four items at $5, $10, $15, and $20 shipping becomes $20 +$1 +$1 +$1 = $23 combined shipping instead of $50 individually shipped, etc.)
