I can ask her if she would sell one. In thinking about it I bet they are very rare. I checked several internet sales sites but found nothing like this for sale.
Official Sea of Cortez Pearls Site..http://perlas.com.mx/en/
I have looked at that site. They are offering cultured pearls. As I understand it these are natural pearls but I am not sure how or who harvests them. I think they do not have a lot of 'gem' value because of the shape and perhaps because they are so rare. I took some photos but they are bad so I will try again.
Over fishing may have had something to do with it but as a species they were run out of town by the newly installed dams on the Colorado River which severely changed the upper sea of Cortes in the river delta area near San Luis - with in a few years of the dam construction the pearl bearing oysters were decimated. These special oysters needed the influx of fresh water and organism that the Colorado brought them - without it they could not survive. Thankfully though.....Phoenix and Vegas grew because of the water .....sarc on
