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World’s largest? 34kg pearl surrendered to Palawan tourism office


The Puerto Princesa Tourism Office is now looking to certify that the pearl surrendered to their care is the biggest in the world.

City Tourism Officer Aileen Amurao said that a 34-kilogram pearl was given to them by a relative who had been hiding the organic gem for a long time.

Although Amurao and her office are expecting that the hefty pearl would attract tourists, she strongly discouraged locals from disturbing or removing giant clams from the sea as that disrupts the biodiversity of Palawan.

The current known largest pearl in the world, Pearl of Lao Tze, is also found in Palawan. It was first discovered in the 1930s and weighs 6.4 kilograms. Aya Tantiangco with reports from Ruth T. Rodriguez/LBG, GMA News

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