Usually used as a tool when performing smudging rituals not only to catch hot cinders and hold what remains of the smudging stick after it's burnt, but as a grounding component to connect the holder with the earth. In Native American tradition it is believed that  smudging with an abalone shell will carry their messages up to heaven. This beautiful natural colored shell does SO much for anyone holding it:
✨Enhances feeling of purity
✨A natural protection shield
✨Blesses its hlder with tranquility.  
✨Invokes the spirit of the ocean
✨Uses your highest chakras as a conduit to the divine realm.