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Je vous emmène à travers mes vidéos découvrir mon expérience acquise depuis plus de 30 ans a silloner le globe entier à la recherche de pierres précieuses, de rencontre mémorables mais aussi de difficulté parfois …

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cabochon of carnelian mounted as breastpin

chalcedony

Chalcedony: This is a term including microcristallines and cryptocrystalline varieties of quartz, which come from the Greek name of the famous city of Carthage “Karkêdon”. Extracted in Egypt and Syria, it has been used since ancient times for intaglios and cameos, an active trade with

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pearly ammonite from Madagascar

ammolite

Dating back 70 million years, the fossilized remains of ammonites have been known for a long time by Native Americans who used them as an amulet for hunting and for healing. It is recognized as a gem since 1981 and its atypical iridescent appearance promotes

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cut almandite garnet

almandite

It is the most well-known and widely distributed garne, named after its locality Alabandicus or Alabanda, a town in Asia Minor, currently in Turkey.Since Antiquity Pliny the Elder used to qualified it as gem. It was once known as carbuncle, an archaic name given to

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