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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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Found pearl in king crab  starstarstarstarstar
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Our daughter bit into a pearl in her King Crab. It is largely a gray color with a pretty pink blush to it. Very unusual.

Found A Crab Pearl!  starstarstarstarstar
So we were eating at a steak house and my mom ordered some crab legs... she was eating away and bit into what seemed like a pearl. we had no idea what ...

Yes!!  starstarstarstarstar
This isn't super interesting, but we just found a pearl in a king crab leg. It isn't opalescent like a regular pearl, but it is a nice sized white stone....

Repeat performance  starstarstarstarstar
I am the guy who posted "A partially formed crab pearl" six months ago.

Yesterday we cooked up a batch of king crab legs for Father's Day. These were ...

Restaurant Customer in U.S. Virgin Islands  starstarstarstarstar
Today, at lunch, I ordered the crab legs. We were at the Lime Inn on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In the very last piece crab, near the joint,...

I Found 4 Crab Pearls   starstarstarstarstar
My name is Tonya, from Oregon, on Saturday June 6, we purchased several Alaskan king crab legs, to our surprise, my husband bit into the meat of the crab ...

buffle_head  starstarstarstarstar
6-8-09 found a "crab pearl" this evening while eating king crab legs. It's white and roughly round, quite a surprise!

What the??  starstarstarstarstar
Well, same start. . . My husband and I were eating king crab legs and I bit into something hard. I pointed out the round hard "thing" and he said, "It'...

Never knew there was such a thing as a crab pearl  starstarstarstarstar
Bit into a wonderful big King crab 0nly to find a pearl exactly the color of the crab & the size of an average pearl. Took it back to seafood store & owner ...

Crab Pearl Lunch  starstarstarstarstar
While on lunch from work, I had decided to devour a King crab leg from the evening before. While waiting for a hot dog to nuke itself in the microwave,...

Wife Bit Into Crab Meat and Found A Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
My family decided to have some King Crab legs for supper on May 9, 2009.

My wife had just pulled some of the meat from the knuckle were the leg meets ...

mmmm....*CRUNCH*......what was that?  starstarstarstarstar
I was eating crab legs at Joeys Only Seafood when I bit into something hard, so I spit out my food and found this little pearl. My bf said crabs can't ...

Jack pot in the buffet line??  starstarstarstarstar
I was eating king crab at a seafood buffet at an Idaho casino when something fell out of the claw shaped like a small bird egg.

At first I thought ...

A partially formed crab pearl  starstarstarstarstar
A found a pearl in a king crab leg last month (Chistmas dinner '08). While I fiddled with it it separated into two pieces. You could clearly see the ...

King Crab Pearl?  starstarstarstarstar
I purchased a box of King Crab Legs at the local Grocery Store for my son and I because they were having a great sale and we both love King Crab. When ...

New Years 2009 Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
We had a feast of Alaskan King Crab for our New Years Day supper. My husband pulled a beautiful shiny pink object our of his mouth. It was a pearl. Very ...

Pearl in a King Crab Leg  starstarstarstarstar
Hi, my name is Nita,

I was at home on 11/30/08 and had boiled some king crab at 7:30 pm. I sat at my table and started eating my crab when I felt something ...

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 ...

Found a pearl in my Alaskan King Crab Legs, I think  starstarstarstarstar
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 ...

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 ...

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