The shells
The various shells used in the manufacture of the button in their qualitative and important order are:
The white mother-of-pearl lives in the South Pacific Ocean , in the wide of Australia of the North and of the East.
The black mother-of-pearl is fished in the Pacific Ocean the South, in the French Establishments of Oceania
and more particularly around Ikuéru's lagoons, Gambier, Marutéa, Tatakoté, and Takoumé..
Trochus "macassar" from Indonesia , is well reputated in the Pacific Ocean
The green Abalony is fished in the Pacific Ocean the South, around New Zeland
Green snails from Indian Ocean
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