‘Very rare’ pearl found in clam by kids along a river in Maryland

‘Very rare’ pearl found in clam by kids along a river in Maryland, officials say

A couple of kids “enjoying the outdoors” along a Maryland river made a rare discovery. The sixth and seventh graders were at Winters Run in Harford County when they opened a freshwater clam and found a pearl inside, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said in a Facebook post on Sunday, Aug. 28. “This is obviously very rare, so these kids got lucky,” the department said. The pearl was hidden in a Corbicula clam, a non-native species found in Maryland waters, according to the department. Also called Asian clams or golden clams, the species lives on “the muddy or sandy bottoms” of fresh bodies of water, Maryland State Archives said. The species was first discovered in the United States in the late 1930s, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It’s believed to have been “imported as a food source” and is now widespread throughout the country.

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