Yes, recently, Montien, a truck driver in Thailand, bought some conchs in the market and planned to taste them with his family. He ate an orange bead the size of a coin while eating conch, which was later identified as Merlot Pearl.

Merlot pearl, also known as Dragon Ball, is a natural gem. Because it cannot be cultivated artificially, orange pearl is the rarest. According to the market valuation, the price of this dragon ball is about 6.5438+0.75 million yuan.

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Brief introduction of merlot beads

Merlot beads grow in raw conch, mostly yellow and orange in color, but generally larger and rounder than Kongzhuke. Merlot pearl is a kind of pearl without nacre structure, which is produced from a Merlot conch and lives in the coastal areas of South Asian countries such as Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. In the color series of Merlot beads, the strong orange tone similar to mature papaya is the most precious.

Merlot beads are similar in composition to most shellfish, including aragonite microcrystals, which are orange, orange-yellow, yellowish brown to near white. They have a crystal-clear appearance like ceramics, flame texture, irregular shapes, oval to egg-shaped, and round ones are usually more valuable.

Rare and precious Merlot beads are extremely difficult to produce. The probability of finding them from conch is one in a thousand, and the probability of being fully exploited to large size and good quality is even lower.

Qilu Evening News Network-Thai drivers eat "Dragon Ball" in conch, which is worth millions.