L'Eau Devenue Dure
Inside the grey rock there is blue stone, and it comes from only one place in the world.
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À Barahona, il y a de petits ateliers. Une scie ouvre la pierre brute. À l'intérieur, elle est bleue, avec des lignes blanches. Elle ressemble à la mer vue d'un avion.
La pierre s'appelle pectolite. La pectolite grise existe dans beaucoup de pays. Mais la pectolite bleue est seulement ici. Les gens l'ont cherchée partout ailleurs. Ils ne l'ont jamais trouvée.
La pierre est très vieille. De l'eau chaude est entrée dans des trous de la roche et les a remplis. Alors cette pierre est de l'eau devenue dure.
L'atelier rend chaque pierre ronde et brillante. Le bleu foncé est le plus beau de tous. Polly regarde un plateau de pierres bleues. Elles sont toutes différentes.
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