BajaNomad

Sea of Cortez pearls

Whale-ista - 5-30-2013 at 12:14 AM

Lovely! I wasn't aware of these, but then I remembered the Steinbeck novel "the Pearl." I guess it took decades for these to recover from overharvesting.

http://passagedesperles.blogspot.com/

Alan - 5-30-2013 at 08:11 PM

She said she saw her first La Paz pearl in a jewelry store... I found my first one in an oyster c-cktail. :lol:

[Edited on 5-31-2013 by Alan]

DENNIS - 5-30-2013 at 08:53 PM

Mid seventies, a lot of the Loreto fishermen would go to La Paz in the summer and dive for pearls. Too hot to do anything in Loreto.

La Paz Pearls

Sallysouth - 5-31-2013 at 05:09 PM

Hi Nomads. My Mom left me a small box of them and I would like to have them appraised. I have asked some jewelers and they don't seem to know much if anything about them. I would like to will or gift them to my daughters. Anyone know of a person or jeweler close to me that would know their value? They were purchased in La Paz in the mid 60's.