A Virginia Beach woman who picked up a couple bags of clams from a seafood shack was shocked when she discovered a rare, purple pearl inside one of the clam shells.

Scott Overland of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, told FOX 5 DC that he was at dinner with his family in Delaware when he discovered a purple pearl in his clam dish.

Courtesy/Scott Overland Scott Overland, of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, found a rare purple pearl in a clam he ordered last week at Salt Air Kitchen & Bar in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

A Pennsylvania man made quite the discovery inside a clam served to him at a Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, restaurant: a purple pearl. Scott Overland of Phoenixville said he was dining with his wife ...

The grants support PEARL’s work to advance the growth of soft-shell clam aquaculture in Maryland and promote the equitable distribution of health and climate resilience benefits by creating ...

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The fossil pearl, created by an extinct massive clam species, is the largest ever discovered in Australia, experts said.

The couple ate at The Lobster House diner in Cape May, New Jersey, on the shore when the man bit into a pearl in his clam, which could be worth thousands.

A clam that a Portsmouth, R.I. couple thought was rotten turned out to hold a rare gem: a purple pearl that could be worth lots of money. It happened earlier this month when Barbara Krensavage ...

A jeweler said the odds of finding a Mercenaria pearl of that size are extremely rare, calling it a one-in-a-million find.

A couple celebrating a milestone anniversary at a seafood restaurant on the Jersey shore left with something extra-special to remember the event.