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  1. The tribal chief renamed it the Pearl of God or the PEARL of ALLAH. This is documented with photos in Natural History, November 1939, the magazine of the American Museum of Natural History. Certified as the World's Largest Pearl, replicas of the PEARL have been on display at major world museums. Contact ...

  2. Oct 29, 2004 · The Pearl of Allah, (Pearl of Lao-Tse) the largest pearl on record, was recovered from a giant clam on May 7, 1934, off the coast of Palawan Island, Philippines. The pearl is 9.4 inches long and weighs about 14 lbs. According to the "Guinness Book of Records," the San Francisco Gem Laboratory has valued the pearl at $40 million.

  3. Jul 20, 2014 · Since the day of its discovery, the Pearl of Allah, otherwise known as the Pearl of Lao Tzu, has been escaping its reputation as a symbol of peace and harmony, and instead been the focus of innumerable suspect situations. Though mounted in the center of numerous legends, from ancient wars to the courts of the American West, the true history ...

  4. The Pearl of Allah The giant clam yielded its 14-pound pearl only after slaying a native diver trapped when its great jaws snapped shut. By Wilburn Dowell Cobb. PANGLIMA Pisi, the Mohammedan chief who first owned the pearl. He saw in its shape a resemblance to Mohammed and out of religious veneration refused to sell it.

  5. The Pearl of Allah. The Pearl of Allah, variously known as Pearl of Lao Tzu and Pearl of Lao Tse gets its name from its rather odd shape, which looked like a turbaned and bearded man, which the founders of the massive calcareous pearl in 1934 from the Island of Palawan in the Philippines, being Muslims, believed to be a representation of the ...

  6. The color of this giant pearl is pure lustrous white. No one can say how old the pearl may be, for, as Doctor Miner points out, no scientific study has yet accurately determined the rate of growth of one of these giant clams. The natives thought that possibly 450 years had passed since the clam was the size of a fist, and that the pearl may ...

  7. 当人们把砗磲劈开拉出小孩的脚时,意外地发现里面有一颗巨大的珍珠,它长241毫米,宽139毫米,珠重达6350克。. 这就是迄今为止人类所发现的最大的珍珠,它被命名为“老子之珠”,也叫 (Pearl of Allah) ,因为发现于巴拉旺海湾,也叫“巴拉旺珠”。. 存放在 ...

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