Monday, February 6, 2012

Ambergris Found in the Maldives

According to reports from the Maldives, a farmer -- 48-year-old Ali Mahomood -- is now rich after finding a lump of ambergris. I'd love to get a closer look at it. It just doesn't quite look right to me. It doesn't look waxy and smooth enough on its surface. On its sides, it seems almost honeycombed, like eroded coral, or something else entirely.

But it's impossible to say.

If not ambergris, I wonder what it is. It weighs approximately 25-pounds, so it's either a wonderful windfall, or a large piece of something that Ali Mahomood will just have to throw away.

Good luck, Ali!

1 comment:

  1. This year in Maldives,many fisherman are collecting ambergris in Maldivian waters,this week alone a record 150kg Ambergris was found by a fisherman, weeks ago the same boat found a 9 kg ambergris.Other previous finding in this year includes 20kg,45kg,12,kg and a 9kg ambergris .Now we are finding at least two ambergris per month

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