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Accuracy

I have just returned to this article after being away from it for many years. I see that is has been completely edited and is now factual. I am very happy to see this finally cleaned up. ~~Quetlin~~ 11/6/2016. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quetlin (talk • contribs) 18:11, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence?

Is there any evidence that the Pearl of Allah is the Pearl of Lao Tzu? Eg, do the rubbings match, can the artificial core be detected, etc? Somegeek 18:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(It would be a great starting point if you understood that of course this pearl is of course not the Pearl of Laozi and there never was a Pearl of Laozi ... that stuff is like believing in Santa Claus. Bossk-Office (talk) 03:09, 8 January 2009 (UTC))[reply]

The location of the pearl is similar to the supposed hiding place of the pearl, and by the size and irregularity, it'll be that age. Until the current possessor of the pearl scans it in someway, the core of the pearl will never be known. I'd be willing to buy it myself, but I'm short of ~$100 million dollars. Chwers Dailly Rubbings 20:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Good luck with that ... the finding place is similar to the hiding place because the ”hiding place” was made up after the pearl was found, along with the rest of the story. Bossk-Office (talk) 16:43, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The last word- I was right all along.

When I first saw this article, in 2007, I had the facts, and knew what was lies and fake myths. My first try at editing was to rewrite the whole thing. I was a newby to Wikipedia and thought the truth would be appreciated, even if the entire article had to be rewritten. I was quite thoroughly quashed. It has now been rewritten to my original specifications- without my help. The first time I tried to edit this in 2007 Borocay Bill should have helped me instead of undoing the whole thing. This is almost 10 years later and it only just got to be a factual article. Makes me wonder how many other articles have been falsely defended from major change for as many years. I am kind of P-O'd. ~~Quetlin~~11/6/2016 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quetlin (talk • contribs) 18:22, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What is the GIA?

What is currently the last sentence of the third paragraph reads,

The GIA has changed its policy and no longer refers to non-nacreous mollusc pearls as 'calcareous concretions'.

What is the GIA? I bet that if I look up “GIA” in the Wikipedia that I will get a disambiguation page listing several different things that can be referred to by this acronym, one of which will obviously fit the context here. But I shouldn't have to do so. If one is going to use an obscure acronym in the context of such an article as this, shouldn't one be obligated to clearly define it? Bob Blaylock (talk) 06:32, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For people who know pearls the GIA is a world renowned lab that does authentications for every gem, including pearls. When they speak, everyone listens. Quetlin (talk) 21:32, 25 August 2009 (UTC)Quetlin[reply]

Another update is that pearlforpeace webpages (owned by Victor Barbish) have been removed. Peter Hoffman's webpage is still up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quetlin (talk • contribs) 22:34, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. See Wikipedia:MOS#Acronyms_and_abbreviations. -- Boracay Bill (talk) 03:10, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reports of a larger pearl

There have been some recent reports of a larger pearl. I live on Boracay island where the pearl is said to be on display, but I have not gone to look at it. Some googling turned up the following:

"Chinese-Filipino owns largest pearl in the world". Manila Bulletin. Yahoo News. December 17, 2013.
PEARL OF THE KING: IS BORACAY HOME TO THE WORLD’S LARGEST PEARL?, November 5, 2013, Boracay Informer.
Pearl of the King, philnews.ph.

Also, I see that (contrary to the article) the keepers of the Guiness World Records don't currently list the Pearl of Allah as the largest pearl in the world (see [1]). Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 04:27, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Pearl of Allah: The Story of a Fraudulent Provenance

I wrote what I think is the most accurate version of this story so far and posted it on my blog. http://www.desertcrone.com/the-pearl-of-allah-the-story-of-a-fraudulent-provenance/ Quetlin (talk) 06:30, 7 May 2017 (UTC)Quetlin As you can see on this talk page, I have followed this story for the last 11 years and believe I have become the resident expert.[reply]

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Accuracy, new information

This article basically says all of the Pearl of Lao Tzu stuff is a fabrication. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/the-pearl-of-lao-tzu/559109/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.110.24.41 (talk) 23:26, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Photo?

No photo? Seriously? Fig (talk) 20:05, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]