Fantastic Gemstones
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The French intellectual Roger Caillois (1913-1978) collected gemstones and wrote about them in a book titled "La Lecture Des Pierres" (The Lecture of Gems).
Caillois describes his passion for gemstones through a unique philosophical approach of spiritualism, science and aesthetics. Therefore you can imagine the selections he made compiling such a personal and unique collection that he called:
"paintings of nature".
Below are selections of some of the most curious specimens.
{Rhodochrosite}
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{Agate}
![](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1759/5543/files/gemstone-gemology-roger-caillois-agate-fine-jewelry_large.jpg?v=1513031175)
{Amethist}
![](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1759/5543/files/gemstone-gemology-roger-caillois-amethyst-fine-jewelry_large.jpg?v=1513031182)
{Jasper}
![](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1759/5543/files/gemstone-gemology-roger-caillois-jasper-fine-jewelry_large.jpg?v=1513031188)
{Agate Onyx}
![](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1759/5543/files/gemstone-gemology-roger-caillois-agate-onyx-fine-jewelry_large.jpg?v=1513031505)
{Rhodochrosite}
![](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1759/5543/files/gemstone-gemology-roger-caillois-rhodochrosite-fine-jewelry2_large.jpg?v=1513031199)
{Agate}
![](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1759/5543/files/gemstone-gemology-roger-caillois-agate-fine-jewelry2_large.jpg?v=1513032772)