The pearl, which has not yet been named, beat the current “world’s largest” pearl is known to exist: the Pearl of Allah (sometimes called the Pearl of Lao Tze), which is valued at $35 million and weighs less than 15 pounds. That pearl was also found off Palawan in the Philippines in 1934. It is currently on exhibit in New York at Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Museum.
Pearls are the only gems in the world to be born and grow inside a living organism. Most are found inside oysters, but very scarcely are they found in clams – making this clam-found pearl even rarer. The pearl was recently shown to the public in the Philippines for the first time.
