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Offline Lee Borgersen

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     A fisherman kept this $100M pearl under his bed for 10 years.

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A fisherman in the Philippines is happy as a clam after discovering that a mammoth pearl he stashed away for 10 years under his bed is worth a cool $100 million. :doah:

The lucky angler, who has not been identified, discovered the 75-pound pearl — believed to be the biggest ever — in the sea off Palawan Island, the Mirror of the UK reported.

Unaware of the giant pearl’s value, he kept it as a good-luck piece under his bed until a fire in his home forced him to move. :taz: The superstitious fishermen then decided to hand it over to the tourism office in remote Puerto Princesa, city officials said.

A stunned tourism officer determined that the pearl, measuring a foot wide and 2.2 feet long, dwarfs the official current record holder — the $35 million, 14-pound Pearl of Allah, which in 1934 was also found off Palawan.

“The fisherman threw the anchor down and

it got stuck on a rock during a storm,” tourism officer Aileen Cynthia Amurao explained. “He noticed that it was lodged on a shell and swam down to pull up the anchor, and also brought the shell with him.Modal Trigger
“He didn’t know how much it was worth and kept it tucked away at home as a simple good-luck charm,” :bonk: she added.

Amurao told local media she has called on experts to authenticate the fortunate find.

“We were amazed when he brought it to us,” she said. “We now need help from gemologists to fully certify it. But we believe Puerto Princesa is likely to earn another prestigious title and a record breaker for having the world’s biggest natural giant pearl from a giant clam.”

An expert at Appraisers WorldWide said pearls typically aren’t cut down into smaller pieces because they’ll lose their luster.

“I don’t know what kind of jewelry can be made out of [this pearl],” he mused. “This is probably a museum item.”

The Pearl of Allah, also known as the Pearl of Lao Tzu, has been exhibited at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in Times Square.

Officials plan to keep the fisherman’s pearl in the Philippines in a bid to increase tourism to the area.

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Giant clams, which rarely produce pearls, can grow as large as four feet in length and weigh 500 pounds. They’re typically found in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean.


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