The clam that it came from is a northern quahog called Mercenaria mercenaria, and it usually produces porcelain-like pearls according to the Gemological Institute of America. Only one in 5,000 ...

What's inside a clam? A retractable foot, a siphon for sucking up water, powerful muscles, and, sometimes, a pearl. And you thought oysters were fancy. Following is the transcript of the video.

(IDEX Online) - The world's largest pearl - weighing 27.65kg and valued at $98m is currently being displayed at a secret ...

The purplish shells of quahogs, treasured in the past by Native Americans, now appear alongside gold, mother-of-pearl and ...

Abraham Reyes, who lives in Toronto, owns the pearl, which was passed to him in 2019 as a family heirloom from his great aunt, who was gifted the giant clam containing the pearl by Reyes's ...