Star of St. Vincent mounted on a silver ring Raw fossils Pendant Jewel case on behalf of a jeweler specialized in the use of the stars of Saint-Vincent in Digne
The Stars of St. Vincent are star-shaped fossils with 5 branches used as jewelry in the region of Digne-les-Bains, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
These are crinoid fossils found in lower Lias layers, mainly in Sinemurian. These crinoids are commonly called pentacrines or sea lilies.
The jewels using the stars of Saint-Vincent were made for the first time by the jeweler dignois Antoine Colomb about 1855. A fashion developed from this practice, reduced today by the regulation intended for the preservation of the geological heritage. Bibliography edit code
Star jewelers of St. Vincent de Digne - Viviane Hervois - 2001.
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