2007年12月28日,美国佛罗里达州的乔治·布罗克和妻子莱斯莉在南佛罗里达州海滩的一家餐馆吃午饭,两人点了一份蒸蛤。吃到一半时,布罗克咬到一个硬物,他以为自己吃到了石头。可是当吐出这个异物时,他惊讶地发现出现在眼前的竟然是一颗紫色的、闪着光泽的珍珠。经珠宝商鉴定,这是一颗纯正的珍珠,价值大约2.5万美元,而布罗克点的那盘蒸蛤只需要10美元。 On December 28, 2007, George Brock of Florida, United States, and his wife, Leslie, had lunch at a restaurant on the beach in South Florida and ordered a steamed clam. When halfway through, Brock bites to a hard object, and he thinks he ate the stone. However, when the foreign body was spit out, he was surprised to find what turned out to be a purple, shiny pearls. The jeweler identified it as a pure pearl, worth about $ 25,000, while the steamed clams at Brock Point only cost about $ 10.