Known also as the "Pearl of Allah", the gem weighs 14 pounds and measures 9 1/2 inches long and 5 1/2 inches in diameter. As of May 1984, it was valued at US$42 million. It is believed to be 600 years old.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
World's Biggest Pearl
Pearl of Lao Tzu is the world's largest pearl. This was discovered by a Filipino diver in a giant Tridacna (mollusk) in Palawan Island way back 1934.
Known also as the "Pearl of Allah", the gem weighs 14 pounds and measures 9 1/2 inches long and 5 1/2 inches in diameter. As of May 1984, it was valued at US$42 million. It is believed to be 600 years old.
Known also as the "Pearl of Allah", the gem weighs 14 pounds and measures 9 1/2 inches long and 5 1/2 inches in diameter. As of May 1984, it was valued at US$42 million. It is believed to be 600 years old.
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ngano pearl of allah man ang name...why not pearl of palawan or pearl of the orient seasor philippine pearl? ngek! luoy gihapon kaau ang nkakkuha ana, buhi pa man sya iya pa gipakita ang shell sa clam nga nkuhaan morag ang iyang na'earn ato nga pearl was worth only for 2 hundred pesos i think. gipakita sa balitang K before...so pathetic.
pearl of allah kay ang naka.discovered is a muslim. He think that the pearl resembles something about their God - Allah. Mao sad sa iya ra una to taguan...datu na unta cya karn. hehehe
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