These wonderful black mabe pearls are from a relatively new pearl farm located in the small fishing village of Guaymas, Mexico, on the mainland shores of the Sea of Cortez. The Perlas de Guaymas pearl farm was originally started as a research program sponsored by the University of Mexico and is now acknowledged by many experts as the source of some of the finest cultured pearls and mabe pearls in the world.

The native mollusk being utilized is a distant relative of those in the South Pacific surrounding the Tahitian Islands and subsequently produces a wonderful range of black pearls as well as the very unusual golden bronze shown in some of our pieces on this page. As with the other mabe and blister pearls in our collection, the unique individual forms of the Mexican mabes lend themselves very well to the nature of our handcrafted jewelry designs.