Cortez Pearl Diving by Kanoa Brown https://padlet.com/kanoabrown/8necyq9gpmfkbgxx What to know en-us 2022-01-11 19:03:24 UTC 2022-01-12 21:38:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30a.png Cortez pearls are pearls that are rare saltwater cultured pearls from the rainbow-lipped Pteria sterna oyster , native to Mexico's Sea of Cortez. kanoabrown https://padlet.com/kanoabrown/8necyq9gpmfkbgxx/wish/1986796504 2022-01-11 19:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kanoabrown/8necyq9gpmfkbgxx/wish/1986796504 They can grow 6 - 9.5 mm. kanoabrown https://padlet.com/kanoabrown/8necyq9gpmfkbgxx/wish/1986830455 2022-01-11 19:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kanoabrown/8necyq9gpmfkbgxx/wish/1986830455 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. kanoabrown https://padlet.com/kanoabrown/8necyq9gpmfkbgxx/wish/1986839375 2022-01-11 19:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kanoabrown/8necyq9gpmfkbgxx/wish/1986839375 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. davidcain1 https://padlet.com/kanoabrown/8necyq9gpmfkbgxx/wish/1989154329 2022-01-12 21:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kanoabrown/8necyq9gpmfkbgxx/wish/1989154329 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'. davidcain1 https://padlet.com/kanoabrown/8necyq9gpmfkbgxx/wish/1989176280 2022-01-12 21:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kanoabrown/8necyq9gpmfkbgxx/wish/1989176280