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Click Here For Today's Auction: http://goo.gl/GRIoBb A lucky fisherman with a stuck anchor comes up with a $100 Million Dollar pearl. The Largest in the world. Here is what happened: The fisherman threw the anchor down and it got stuck on a rock during a storm. He noticed that it was lodged on a shell and swam down to pull up the anchor, and the offending "shell" he thought responsible for the incident with him. It was large and extremely heavy, but he was able to get it out of the water and into his boat. This was a decade ago and he kept it at home hidden under his bed as a good luck charm. Another apparent unlucky incident would bring this world record $100 Million Dollar jackpot to light. The fisherman had no idea that the rare find was worth so much and left it under his bed for a decade. It was only when a fire at his house made him move out that he then showed it to a tourism officer in Puerto Princesca. They could not believe their eyes!!! The priceless pearl measures a staggering 1ft foot wide and 2.2 feet long - dwarfing the current world's biggest Pearl of Allah which weighed 6.4kg and is worth $35million. The find is thought to be five times larger than the previous record set by the $35 Million Dollar Pearl of Allah, which was also found near Palawan Island in 1939. To put this earth shaking discovery into perspective, here are some things that weigh 75 pounds 1) $34019 US dollar bills (around $453 per pound) 2) Average Alaskan Malamute Husky Dog 3) Average Weight of 11 year old boy 4) 100 cans of Beer 5) A little less than a bag of concrete 6) 2 1/2 cinder blocks 7) 12 1/2 red bricks 8) 300 apples 9) 37,500 plain M&Ms 10) 5 High Performance Racing Bicycles 11) 247.5 Wigs 12) 960 Matchbox cars 13) 300 average weight kittens 14) 1440 AA Batteries 15) 3600 comic books 16) Around 54 bibles 17) 4037 gum balls 18) 300 Sticks of Butter 19) 5-10 Large Hams 20) 262,500 Bees The Science: Clams very rarely create pearls, making the discovery of this gem off Palawan Island extremely rare. Most are made by oysters, but even then they occur in fewer than one in every 10,000 cases. Giant clams - such as the one that produced this pearl -can reach four feet in length and weigh upwards of 500 pounds. Natural pearls are formed inside the shells of mollusks as a defense mechanism against a potentially threatening irritant, such as a parasite. Despite popular belief, pearls rarely grow from a grain of sand. The animal creates a pearl sac and secretes calcium carbonate to seal off the irritation. This secretion process is repeated many times, producing a pearl. The jewel increases in size as each new layer of calcium carbonate is deposited. Saltwater pearls usually take two to three years to develop, but larger pearls such as the one held in Puerto Princesca would have taken far longer. Searching for wild pearls is relatively safe today, but in the 19th century, the mortality rate for divers was a high as 50 per cent. They faced attacks from sharks, as well as the crippling affects of decompression sickness, known as the bends. So would you suggest setting this in a ring or a pendant? Eastminster by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100719 Artist: http://incompetech.com/