Fisherman's Lucky Pearl Worth Millions

A fisherman in the Philippines found a 34-kilogram pearl after his boat's anchor snagged a giant clam more than a decade before 2016. Unaware of its potential value, he kept it under his bed as a good-luck charm and touched it before every fishing trip. When he moved away, he gave the pearl to his aunt, a woman named Aileen Cynthia Maggay-Amurao who worked as a local tourism officer. Reports suggested it could be worth more than US$100 million and become the world's largest known natural pearl.

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