Couple who found pearl inside clam, turned it into engagement ring discuss wedding journey Both Ken Steinkamp, 75, and Sandy Sikorski, 70, are thrilled to tie the knot at Ocean House in Rhode ...

While pearls are typically formed inside the shells of living oysters, they can also form inside other shellfish like clams and mussels. Depending on its color, size and where the pearl was formed ...

The jeweler told her the 9.8-millimeter pearl comes from a mercenaria or hard clam. The jeweler wanted the couple to work with Marc Fishbone from Black Orchid Jewelers, whom Sikorski knew already.

The kids were exploring Winters Run, a 14-mile river in Harford County, when they opened a clam and found a pearl inside, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said on Sunday.

At their favorite raw bar, Sandy discovered her clam had a pearl inside of it. Experts say the odds of that happening are 1 in 100,000. So they decided to turn the rare stone into an engagement ring.

A New Jersey couple found a pearl potentially worth thousands in a restaurant clam. The sea stone could go for anywhere from $50 to $100,000 -- depending on the body of water it originated in.

Restaurants Pennsylvania man finds rare purple pearl inside a clam at Delaware restaurant: report Scott Overland told FOX 5 DC he was eating his clam dinner when he "felt something hard and crunchy" ...

Scott Overland says he thought "a bead or piece of candy" was inside one of the clams he was served at a Delaware restaurant. Instead, it was a rare purple pearl. (Photo: Scott Overland) ...

Scott Overland and his wife made quite the discovery inside a clam served to them at a Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, restaurant. The Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, man spoke to NBC10 about his family’s ...