Brookes’ Point, Southern Palawan. If the world’s largest pearl was indeed found in Palawan in 1935 by a certain Wilbur Cobb, then it must have come from here in the southern tip of the province. In fact, the town prides itself with the possession of the tridacna giga clam where the pearl was supposedly discovered. (Click here for my full story in the Philippine Daily Inquirer of 10/16/2007)
Here’s a picture I took of the clam housed at the tourism building of the municipal government. Alongside is the Pearl of Allah, reportedly kept in a bank vault in Colorado, USA. It measures 9.4 inches long and weighing about 14 lbs. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the San Francisco Gem Laboratory valued the pearl at $40 million.
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