Just like every year during June, we closed a 4-year process and the time for us to harvest our oysters arrives. Pteria sterna oysters create the most colorful pearls in the world; years of care and protection are needed so that they can complete their life cycle in cultivation, and also be able to contribute to the preservation of the local species and the ecosystem. Fortunately, this 2021 we were pleasantly surprised, having the second best harvest with over 5,000 pearls of beautiful natural colors as well as different shapes and sizes. Each pearl is evaluated individually to grade their atributes and determine their quality. This is very important for us, since our main focus is to keep only the best ones. Our pearls must reach a minimum mother-of-pearl thickness of 2-3 mm, an…