Show pearl opal sapphire fit for giant to wear imagine a pearl so large that if dropped on your head from a height of six feet it would crush your skull such a pearl was brought from the philippine islands where it was found inside an immense shell fish called the it weighs 14 pounds and is nine inches long and five and a quarter inches thick it is easily the largest pearl ever found fou nd yet has no value except as a curiosity for only a giant could wear such a gem the worlds largest opal was recently discovered in the united states it is what is called a black opal is flawless but contains no less than 21 cubic inches of material and so like the cullinan diamond has tobe cut up before sale in 1929 a sapphire was dug up at macok which is described as being the size of a teacup yet all these stones are childs play compared with a beryl dug up at grafton N 11 this measured 45 by 24 inches and weighed 21 tons |