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 …
Mother-of-pearl or Nacre is the substance that constitutes the inner part of the shell of certain mollusks, its name comes from the Latin “ nacrum “, which was used to describe white matter with iridescent reflections. It consists of a mineral part of calcium carbonate
It honors the name of the English mineralogist William Whewell (1794-1866). It is a component of kidney stones. The fine twinned crystals result from the reaction of the urine of horses working in the mines with the host rock.
