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Sunday, September 18, 2016

Pink prismatic terminated crystals of Calcite

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A species of hard nut is gaining popularity as a replacement for ivory, although its size limits its usability. It is sometimes called vegetable ivory, or tagua, and is the seed endosperm of the ivory nut palm commonly found in coastal rainforests of Ecuador, Peru and Colombia.

Tagua carvings

 
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