Found this today, need some advice

[NThoghunter]

I found this little guy while eating oysters. Almost broke my tooth.lol. Just wondering what it is and if it's even worth anything. Thanks!

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

Normally, edible clams or oysters not produce gem quality pearls. Cooking often destroys the protein content or otherwise affects the surface quality.

Your's however is a curious robin's egg blue, which is quite unusual. Perhaps a collector might be interested as a novelty, but don't expect it to fetch much.

As we tell most lucky pearl finders, you have a really interesting keepsake and have a fun story to tell.

[Pearl Dreams]

I'm curious about the bluish/purple smear on the paper and the same color of the penny (on my monitor).

[smetzler]

I'm curious about the bluish/purple smear on the paper and the same color of the penny (on my monitor).

Reduced shadow on the penny, below.

I'm wondering also about the apparent connection between this thread and THIS thread.

[Kevin Canning]

something strange going on with the blue on both the penny and the pearl - was the photo played with in photoshop before posting on the forum? Either way, no real value there but a neat story and keepsake.

[Caitlin]

I wondered too. The color from the ink or whatever it is above is in the range of hues in the pearl. And since I haven't heard of blue oyster pearls particolored at that, I did wonder...Even the penny looks bluish.

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

I didn't look at the coin as close. There appears to be dye everywhere.

Been some strange goings-on around here lately

[Sea Urchin]

LOL. Why? Is school out already and someone doesn't have anything to do?

[Pearl Dreams]

I actually had the impression that someone had a leaky pen....

[jshepherd]

It isn't too different from this quahog pearl that I've had tucked in my desk for a couple of years. This one is of poor quality as you can see. But the shape and coloration are quite similar.

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

I just did a RGB, HSL, and CMYK color split in Paintshop.

Of all three RGB values (Red, Green, Blue) (0 Darkest, 255 Brightest), the pearl and the bright spots on the penny have values within 1-2% of each other.

/rubs chin

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

It isn't too different from this quahog pearl that I've had tucked in my desk for a couple of years. This one is of poor quality as you can see. But the shape and coloration are quite similar.

That purple is very common naturals. The blue is quite dark too. Even the pattern is more ringed than "pinto" on the OP's pearl.

Royal blue over robin's egg are not colors I'm accustomed to observing in naturals.

[Caitlin]

I haven't seen bluish quahog pearls, white. purple, even darker, but not blue..... What is going one? Maybe they are those snail pearls Zeide was talking about...

[Pearl Dreams]

Could the pearl and penny have been photographed under UV light?

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

Maybe they are those snail pearls Zeide was talking about...

Snails do have a tendency to slither in during the night, poisoning the grassroots. They almost always leave a slime trail, though.