“Reports from the seal-asia.com news site have mentioned that the worlds largest pearl was found recently in the Mergui Archipelago Burma, the pearl was according to sources at the Myanmar Pearl Oyster Culture Assoc. could be worth in excess of one million US Dollars.
Local divers were planning to smuggle it accross the Thai/Burma border and sell it on the black market, however military with guns seemed to deter the would be smugglers.
The pearl is now according to reports in the safe hands (sic)of the Burma Minister of Trade in Yangoon who are reluctant to put the valuable mother (sic) on display
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