These are natural half pearls (mabés) which we have been culturing for three years before being mounted in hand made jewelry. Aquaculturists from “Perlas del Cortez”, have worked carefully and hard to make the best product.

Mabés are formed in a Mexican pearl oyster called “Concha Nácar” or Pteria sterna.

All the mabés produced are authentic and original pieces from “Baja California Sur”.

The growth area is located in the extraordinary “Bay of La Paz” where the wealth of its water and oceanographic characteristics have historically made it possible to produce pearls of the best quality.

The birth of a pearl is a really miraculous event. The pearls grow inside of live oysters in the sea. The beautiful stones must be cut and need to be polished to show off their beauty. The birth of a pearl is a really miraculous event.

The pearls grow inside of live oysters in the sea. The beautiful stones must be cut and need to be polished to show off their beauty.

A natural pearl begins its life as a strange object. For example, a parasite or anything that accidentally lodges in the oyster’s internal body (and will not have the possibility of its elimination), begins a defensive action. The oyster secretes a fine crystalline substance around the irritant to protect itself. This substance is called nacre. The oyster will continue secreting nacre around the object, in successive layers. Through time, the irritant will be totally covered by the crystalline layers. The final result is the charming and lustrous gem called ”Pearl”.

he nacre is made up of microscopic crystals of calcium carbonate that are aligned perfectly so the light it receives is reflected and refracted to produce a rainbow of light and color.

Cultured pearls and natural pearls have the same properties. The only difference is that a person carefully grafts an irritant inside the cultured oyster, instead of leaving it to nature.

Aquaculturists from “Perlas del Cortez” then leave nature to create its miracle