ʻO ke koho ʻana a kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻeke ʻōpala no ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā i ka hale he mea nui, akā naʻe pinepine ʻia. ʻO ke koho ʻana i nā ʻeke ʻōpala kūpono ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokō maikaʻi wale i kā mākou mau pono i kēlā me kēia lā, akā kōkua pū kekahi i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni.
Nui
ʻO ka nui maʻamau o nā ʻeke ʻōpala hale he 45 * 50cm. He nui kēia nui e kūpono i ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpala hale i kēia manawa ma ka mākeke, inā he poepoe a ʻehā paha. ʻOiaʻiʻo, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pono kūikawā, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻonohonoho pono iā ia.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Thʻehaʻeha
E nānā i ka mānoanoa o ka ʻeke ʻōpala, i hōʻike pinepine ʻia i kēia manawa ma "µm". ʻO ka mānoanoa maʻamau ʻo 10µm, 12µm, 15µm, a pēlā aku. No ka laʻana, no ka pale ʻana i nā ʻeke ʻōpala kīhini mai ka haki ʻana i ka wā e hoʻohana ʻia ai, ʻo ka mānoanoa o 12µm-15µm ka mea maʻamau i manaʻo ʻia he pale wela a lōʻihi, kūpono loa ia no ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻōpala kīhini i kēlā me kēia lā.

Thoʻopaʻapaʻa
ʻO ka ʻokoʻa kekahi o nā kumu e noʻonoʻo ai i ke koho ʻana i nā ʻeke ʻōpala. Hiki i nā ʻeke ʻōpala me ka ʻike kiʻekiʻe ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka nānā ʻana i ke kūlana hoʻopiha o ka ʻōpala a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka manawa. Hoʻohanaʻia lākou i nā lumi kuke, nā lumi noho, nā keʻena, a me nā mea'ē aʻe; ʻoiai ke hoʻohana ʻia i loko o nā lumi lumi, nā lumi moe, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, pono e noʻonoʻo i ke koho ʻana i nā ʻeke ʻōpala me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, hiki ke hōʻoia i ka pilikino i kekahi ʻano.
Toughness
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka paʻakikī o ka ʻeke ʻōpala kekahi mea pono e noʻonoʻo ʻia. Pono nā ʻeke ʻōpala maikaʻi e loaʻa i kekahi ʻano paʻakikī a me ka ikaika tensile, a hiki ke pale i kekahi kaumaha o ka ʻōpala i ka wā e pale aku ai i ka haki ʻana i ka wā hoʻohana.
Choʻokomo
Ke koho ʻoe i nā ʻeke ʻōpala, pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i nā ʻano mea like ʻole, e like me ka mea, ka nui, ka mānoanoa, ka ʻike maka, ka paʻakikī, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
