Gemologists have confirmed that a small orange stone found by a Thai truck driver in his £1 sea snail snack is a rare Melo pearl that could be worth more than £70,000.
Monthian Jansuk, 40, found the rare orange Melo pearl inside seafood after paying 50 baht (£1.20) for the apple snail shell from a market near his home in Chonburi province, Thailand, on February 10.
Officials yesterday confirmed that the gem is indeed an extremely rare Melo pearl, weighing 65.57 carats (13.11 grams).
A Thai truck driver claims he has found a rare orange Melo pearl inside seafood he bought from a market
Monthian Jansuk, 40, paid 50 baht (£1.20) for the apple snail shell from a market near his home in Chonburi province
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In a very lucky catch, a Thai fisherman stumbled upon a shell holding a rare pearl at the Koh Phet beach. A 37-year-old fisherman, Hatchai Niyomdecha and his brother were able to get their hands on the Melo Pearl, which is one of the most precious and expensive natural pearls.
Niyomdecha found the pearl attached to a float ball that had washed ashore. Niyomdecha and his brother together tried to determine what pearl it was. When Niyomdecha (37) found the ball and three shells attached to it, he immediately called his brother Worachat Niyomdecha (35) to show it to him.