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Cortez pearls are pearls that are rare saltwater cultured pearls from the rainbow-lipped Pteria sterna oyster , native to Mexico's Sea of Cortez.

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Cortez pearls are pearls that are rare saltwater cultured pearls from the rainbow-lipped Pteria sterna oyster , native to Mexico's Sea of Cortez.

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They made very deep dives, with only a nose clip, leather finger protectors, a basket made of rope, a stone weighing about 5kg to pull them down and a rope to raise them to the surface again.

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They made very deep dives, with only a nose clip, leather finger protectors, a basket made of rope, a stone weighing about 5kg to pull them down and a rope to raise them to the surface again.

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When the Spanish explorers first sailed into the Sea of Cortez, along the western coast of Mexico in the 1530s, they found the local native people wearing necklaces that contained pearls of many colors. Locating and harvesting these pearls became a priority as the explorers tried to establish permanent settlements on the dry peninsula now known as Baja California.

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When the Spanish explorers first sailed into the Sea of Cortez, along the western coast of Mexico in the 1530s, they found the local native people wearing necklaces that contained pearls of many colors. Locating and harvesting these pearls became a priority as the explorers tried to establish permanent settlements on the dry peninsula now known as Baja California.

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These prized gems became New Spain's most important export product, with a price so high that their value was more than double of that of all other combined exports to the Old Continent: gold, silver and spices. Cortez pearls are pearls grown in the Pinctada maxima and Pteria sterna mollusks in the Gulf of California. Emerging once more from the clear waters of the Gulf of California, after decades of protection, is Mexico's most emblematic gem: 'New World Black Pearls'.

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These prized gems became New Spain's most important export product, with a price so high that their value was more than double of that of all other combined exports to the Old Continent: gold, silver and spices. Cortez pearls are pearls grown in the Pinctada maxima and Pteria sterna mollusks in the Gulf of California. Emerging once more from the clear waters of the Gulf of California, after decades of protection, is Mexico's most emblematic gem: 'New World Black Pearls'.