06/08/2026
Happy Monday Everyone. Factoid I just looked into: Pearls are most famously associated with Oyster, but other bivalve mollusks—including some species of Scallop—can occasionally produce pearl-like structures when an irritant becomes trapped inside their shell.
* Finding a pearl in a scallop is much rarer than finding one in a pearl oyster.
* Scallop pearls are usually not the round, lustrous gemstones people picture when they think of pearls.
* Many scallop-produced concretions are irregular in shape and may have less nacre (the shiny coating that makes classic pearls valuable).
* Most scallops sold for food have already been shucked, so the opportunity to discover one is limited.
However, we don't "Shuck" our Shuckies, you do. So, you just might find one inside :)
