« Astonishing fact | Main | A man owns himself »
June 27, 2009
Found religious icons look like more than Jesus and mary
Source: The Pearl of Allah: Largest Pearl in The World. It bears that name because it looks like a man wearing a turban. Unlike most of the pearls you've seen this one formed as a burr attached to the clam's shell, not a free floating bit inside. An interesting write-up of the pearl's discovery over at natural history magazine from back in 1939: The Pearl of Allah
Posted by OneEyedMan at June 27, 2009 9:30 AM
Comments
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)