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The The Pearl of Allah was once considered the largest known pearl. The pearl was found in the Palawan sea, which surrounds the island of Palawan in the Philippines, and was found by a Filipino diver. It is not considered a gemstone pearl, but is instead known as a "clam pearl" or "Tridacna pearl" from a giant clam.
The Pearl of Allah | Natural History Magazine. Picks from the Past: November 1939. Print. Email. 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.
Aug 24, 2016 · The current world record is held by another pearl found off the coast of Palawan — "The Pearl of Allah" or "Pearl of Lao Tzu," which was discovered in the '30s and cost a diver's...
Aug 24, 2016 · Currently, the 6.4kg “Pearl of Allah”, also known as the “Pearl of Lao Tzu”, is referred to as the world’s largest pearl. It was also found off Palawan, in 1939. In 2003 it was valued...
May 11, 2018 · Culture. Chasing the Pearl of Lao Tzu. A tale of ancient philosophers, alien abductions, murder-for-hire—and how the world’s largest pearl came to be the centerpiece of an 80-year-old hoax....
Aug 24, 2016 · Pearl of Allah is a 6.4-kilogram giant pearl found in Brooke's Point, Palawan. It is one of the three contenders for the world's largest natural pearl, along with Pearl of Lao Tzu and Pearl of the King.
Aug 24, 2016 · Mun Keat Looi. Published August 24, 2016. The world’s largest natural pearl has been unveiled in the Philippines after a local fisherman says he kept it under his bed for ten years. It has yet to...
