History of flint stone
6 November 2009 - 31 March 2010

The flint stone is still a very enigmatic rock for geologists, a unique mineral which is a foundation-stone for human civilization for archeologists, and finally - for artists a fascinating and mysterious jewelery material giving many possibilities of creative inspiration. History of flints has come full circle. This rock, forgotten after the Neolithic period, regained, after nearly three thousand years, its position and splendour, this time in silver jewellery. Flint stone fascinates with its own extraordinary pattern reflecting its long and stormy geologic history. The process of creating the flint stone is still uncovered, despite a lot of scientists are involved in the research. We still cannot answer the question: why in…