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Aug 24, 2016 · The pearl reportedly weighs about 75 pounds and was discovered by a fisherman 10 years ago. A fisherman in the Philippines might have discovered the largest natural pearl ever found — and then ...
The Philippines is an archipelago of about 7,641 islands, [200] [201] covering a total area (including inland bodies of water) of about 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi).
Nov 25, 2016 · Puerto Princesa City, Philippines – November 16, 2016 – A Filipino fisherman in western Palawan island has found a giant pearl measuring 30 cm wide (1ft), 67 cm long (2.2ft) and weighing 34 kg (75lb), which sets the new world record for the Largest natural pearl. Photo: The giant pearl, seen being weighed at 34 kilogram, set a new world record.
Aug 22, 2016 · Palawan is an island provice in the Philippines. In a Palawan News feature, Puerto Princesa City Tourism Officer Aileen Cynthia Amurao revealed that the fisherman had actually found the giant pearl more than a decade ago. He recalled that a huge clam shell had gotten caught on his boat’s anchor during a storm.
Oct 31, 2023 · In 1934, a Filipino diver in the Palawan Sea found a giant Tridacna (mollusk) bearing a giant pearl weighing 14 pounds and measuring 9 1/2 inches long and 1/2 inches in diameter. The pearl, estimated to be 600 years old, would later be named “Pearl of Allah.”
Jun 7, 2019 · The pearl is a gemstone that triumphs over adversity. It begins its lustrous life as an irritant, like a piece of sand or shell that drifts into the soft body of a mollusk. Caught unaware, the creature defends itself against the uninvited visitor by coating itself with layer upon layer of nacre or mother-of-pearl.
Aug 22, 2016 · The un-named fisherman discovered this two-foot-long pearl which weighs 34kg and could be worth as much as $100 million after it was discovered off the coast of the Palawan Island, Philippines ...
