Posted on 08/24/2016 9:45:50 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
When he was moving out of his home, he decided to give the pearl to Maggay-Amurao for safekeeping instead of transport it with him — "since it's quite heavy,"...
In fact, the pearl weighs in at 34 kilograms, Maggay-Amurao says — or approximately 75 pounds.
(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...
You should have seen the oyster that made that pearl!
Just looking at it, you'd have to pay me to haul it off.
I can't imagine what anyone would do with it.
I think there’s a market for powdered pearls, and that one would make several buckets at least. Anything else would just be a novelty use ... put it in your front yard with pink flamingos or something.
A good question.
Does not appear to be a high value market for pearls beyond jewelry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_powder
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