Perkins found a tiger stripe conch shell for sale at the Caribbean and had an idea. She brought it back to St. Andrews and with “like-tradition” started playing the conch shell, four times at ...

Edmond Coverley pulls up conch shells from his underwater pen to bring to a fish market for sale in West End, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022.

Conch shells "have this really unique architecture," Gu explains. The structure makes the material 10 times tougher than nacre, commonly known as mother of pearl.

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