Shellfish buyer finds a lump in his Hoi Wan - now he hopes to get rich!

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Daily News Thai Caption: He believes it's valuable 

 

Reporters from Daily News went to the far south after a man in Satun found what appeared to be a pearl in his dinner.

 

Safat, 45, had bought a kilo of Hoi Wan - sweet shellfish - from a shop and took them home for his dinner.

 

As he was consuming the last three he was surprised to find something hard in his mouth.

 

It was a pearl of some kind. He said he wouldn't sell until an expert had examined his find.

 

ASEAN NOW notes that it may be what is known as a Melo pearl, a very valuable gemstone that cannot be farmed that sometimes appears in molluscs. 

 

A particularly fine specimen once sold for $722,500 at Christie's putting it on a par with diamonds. 

 

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[Liverpool Lou]

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

ASEAN NOW notes that it may be what is known as a Melo pearl, a very valuable gemstone that cannot be farmed that sometimes appears in molluscs. 

A particularly fine specimen once sold for $722,500 at Christie's putting it on a par with diamonds. 

LIVERPOOL LOU notes that it's more likely not to be.