Newbie alert!

[Lalada Bohle]

Please kindly give me more information about this pearl that I found on a joyful day of eating clams.

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Looks like a quahog pearl-- congrats! Nice find!

 

[Lalada Bohle]

Looks like a quahog pearl-- congrats! Nice find!

Thank you for your response! What would you say with the size of it, will it be valuable?

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Quahog pearls can be pricey. I am not an expert on quahogs, but in general, beautiful purple colors are more valuable than white, and with pearls in general round shaped pearls are preferred to non-round shapes. But many non-round quahogs fetch a good price! Also, surface quality matters.

Are those cracks I see?
Was the pearl found in a cooked clam or raw?

Here is a website where one can buy quahog and other natural pearls. It may give you an idea of their retail value. (If you were to sell it, the buyer would have to be able to mark it up to sell it).

Quahog Pearls for Sale

Quahog pearls for sale...pearls from eastern USA. Three lavender disk shaped quahogs for sale.

www.karipearls.com

You may wish to consider having it set and wearing it. It is certainly a conversation piece!

 

[Lalada Bohle]

Must be the cotton lint, found the pearl when it's flash-fry cooked, I think I should tale a better photo. Thank you for the suggestion I will reach them out!

 

[jshepherd]

A quahog is a rare find. This one isn't terribly valuable, though. The color and white banding aren't ideal. It does look like it cracked when flash fried. That's an issue with a lot of the naturals that are found. People often bite into them after it's been steamed or fried. And a cooked pearl is usually a cracked pearl.