abalone

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Kim Namin, 29, runs a seasoned gim processing factory with a 30-year family history in Wando, an island in South Korea's southern waters known for abalone and seaweed production.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

More adventurous eaters will zone in on the abalone served with a squash rosette or the guinea hen with potato millefeuille.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

There are exquisite medallions and hair ornaments made from iridescent abalone shells and strings of Chumash currency — tiny, doughnut-shaped beads created from carefully cut olivella shells.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

On special is an abalone soup, an alien beast in his time, and not our cup of tea, but they say Hemingway took a shine.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

I took my cormorant skirt and the abalone box in which I kept my necklace and earrings.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell