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Crab Pearls
Can Crabs Make Pearls?



Crab "pearls" have recently been in the news, when someone found what looked like a pearl in a stone crab leg. A gemologist graduate confirmed that it was a "pearl".

Since then, two other people have notified me about finding what looked like a "pearl" in the leg of a King Crab.

What do you think? Can crabs make pearls?

I do know that any mollusc, even a small, common sand snail can make a pearl. An interesting section at the current large pearl exhibit traveling the world had a wall of mounted examples of such seemingly unlikely candiates for growing pearls, but crabs aren't molluscs, so can they grow pearls?

One pearl collector explains it this way: "In principle, they are made of the same material as the carapace of the crabs. Mostly an organic compound close the the "nails" material or the chitine within the insects, scarabs etc... I saw one formed inside the brain of a fish, same composition as the fish scales."

Check out the crab stories. Below this form you can find links and if you have found what looks like a "pearl" in a crab, I invite you to share your story and photo here.

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Another pearl (from a king crab leg)   starstarstarstarstar
I purchased some king crab legs from a popular named grocery store. I had to go to 2 different stores before I could find any. I purchased all that they ...

Pink Pearl in King Crab leg  starstarstarstarstar
Last week, I was dining at an all you can eat King Crab leg buffet at a casino in Temecula, California. I bit down on something hard and, out of my mouth,...

Birthday surprise!  starstarstarstarstar
It was my mother's birthday and we were having King crab legs and special side-dishes and I was on my second leg. I bit down in a big chunk of meat when ...

My King Crab Leg "Pearl"  starstarstarstarstar
While enjoying a rare, king crab leg dinner on Friday past, 4/18/08, something rolled around my plate.
It certainly looks like a pearl.
I am not certain ...

King Crab Pearl   starstarstarstarstar
My Gentleman / Significant Other, Bruce, decided we should dine on some King Crab that was in our freezer since January '08... the last we had, purchased ...

Found what looks to be a Pearl in a Dungeness Crab Leg  starstarstarstarstar
I was eating a Dungeness Crab tonite and in it I found a pearl after I bit into it. It looks to be a scallop pearl. Does this happen often? I have eaten ...

Stone Crab Pearl?  starstarstarstarstar
BAY CITY — Crab tooth or a pearl, Paula Miller thinks it’s a keeper.

The Bay City resident was dining on stone crab claws over the weekend, and after ...

King Crab Pearl?  starstarstarstarstar
January 2008 -- I don't know if this is a pearl or not. We were eating King Crab legs at a restaurant in Naples, Florida and my mother bit into this little ...

Found a pearl in my Alaskan King Crab Legs, I think  Not rated yet
I went out to dinner with my high school friends tonight in NJ. I was eating King Crab Legs and something rounds was in my mouth. I took it out and dropped ...

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