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DS001
1930's Buick car mascot
in chromed white metal
mounted on a Lapis Lazuli
base
(Afghanistan)
Lapis is a gemstone straight
out of fairy tales of the
Arabian Nights. It was
introduced to Europe by
Alexander the Great, where
the colour was called
"ultramarine" meaning "from
beyond the seas". Its modern
name is a compound of
lapis, the Latin word
for "stone", and the Arabic
word azuli, denoting
the colour.
Total weight:
2.25KG
Width:
16cm
Height:
15cm
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DS002
Polished Lapis Lazuli
freeform (Afghanistan)
Lapis lazuli is a rock
containing a number of
minerals. Its quality and
value is determined by the
colour and abundance of the
blue mineral lazurite. Other
minerals occurring in lapis
lazuli include hauyne,
sodalite, wollastonite,
pyroxenes, amphiboles and
calcite. Traces of pyrite
pepper the rock with an
unmistakable, golden-yellow
sparkle.
Weight:
7.1KG
Width:
17cm
Height:
32cm |
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DS003
An unusually large
polished Lapis Lazuli
freeform (Afghanistan)
Straight from the stories of the
thousand and one nights, lapis was
introduced to Europe by Alexander
the Great, where the colour was
called "ultramarine" meaning "from
beyond the seas". Its modern name is
a compound of lapis, the
Latin word for "stone", and the
Arabic word azuli, denoting
the colour.
Weight:
58KG
Width:
44cm
Height:
48cm |
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DS004
Polished Lapis Lazuli
freeform
(Afghanistan)
As lapis lazuli (arabic-latin blue stone) is
composed of several minerals - if only in small
quantities (augite, calcite, diopside, mica,
hauynite, hornblende, pyrite) - some experts
consider it not to be a mineral, but a rock; the
main ingredient being lazurite.
Weight:
5.48KG
Width:
20cm
Height:
24cm |
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DS005
Tiger iron bowl (Australia)
Artist:
Helmut Wolf
Tiger iron is one of the oldest
rocks on Planet Earth. Composed of
black hematite, red jasper and
golden tiger-eye, this rock is
between two and three billion years
old. It is of sedimentary origin,
laid down layer by layer. Over time
it has been subjected to great
pressure and heat resulting in the
dramatic folds seen in this
magnificent object.
Weight:
4.5KG
Width:
31.5cm
Height:
21.5cm |
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DS006
A large
fossilised wood cigar/soap dish
(Madagascar)
This is an ancient tree trunk that has been
turned to stone. These ancient conifers lived in
a region which had a moist and probably warm
climate. Washed from upland areas where they
grew, the logs accumulated on the delta flats
where they where buried by sand and silt and
layers of volcanic ash. This ash was the source
of silica which helped to mineralize the logs
after burial. The logs where replaced by quartz
or silica coloured with oxides of iron and
manganese.
Weight:
11.4KG
Width:
34cm
Height:
8cm |
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DS007
Pyrite heart
(Peru)
This amazing heart shaped pyrite carving has
been fashioned from very high grade pyrite from
Peru. Chemically pyrite is a combination of iron
and sulphur and has been mined as an iron ore
for centuries.
Width:
15cm |
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DS008
A quartz on
charoite sculpture
(designed and carved by Helmut Wolf)
Charoite is an unusual mineral of rare
occurrence. It is found to date in only one
location, along the Chary River at Aldan in
Russia. It forms as a swirling pattern of
interlocking crystals. This piece also contains
black aegirine, golden tinaksite (rare) and
white quartz.
Height:
55cm |
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DS009
A sodalite and ruby in zoisite
on aventurine sculpture
(designed and carved by Helmut Wolf)
With detachable base
Height:
51.5cm |
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DS010
A highly detailed dolerite carving of a
bull seal
with
a display cushion and a marble socle
(Germany)
Height:
20.5cm without display base |
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DS011
Sandstone
slice picture
with
acrylic display stand
(Utah, USA)
Only a few localities around the world produce
this amazingly-patterned sedimentary rock, India
being another notable example. The sand was
deposited in a wind-blown environment which
explains the extraordinary picture-like effect.
Width:
22cm
Height:
34cm |
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DS012
Golden rutilated quartz bowl (Brazil)
This bowl has been expertly carved from an
exceptional specimen of hight quality transparent rutilated quartz containing hundreds of needle-like
crystals of golden rutile, sometimes called "Venus
or Angel
Hair".
Width:
19cm |
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DS013
Aventurine bowl (India)
(Designed and carved in Germany by Helmut Wolf)
This bowl has been carved using very high
quality aventurine massive. This exquisite object has
extraordinary translucency under bright light.
Width:
21.5cm |
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DS014
Malachite bowl
(Democratic Republic of
Congo)
(Designed and carved in Germany)
This bowl has been carved from a very high
quality malachite block. This object has
beautiful patterns and a sensuous shape.
Width:
21.5cm |
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DS015
Quartz crystal obelisks
(Brazil)
Obsidian bases
(Mexico)
A
world class pair of matching obelisks cut from
the same piece of quartz producing a mirror
image effect. Both obelisks and bases have been carved and polished in
Germany.
Weight:
14KG
(obelisks pair)
Weight:
12KG
(bases pair)
Height:
69cm
(obelisk)
Height:
17cm
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DS016
A blue chalcedony Budha sculpture (Burma)
Weight:
0.35KG
Length:
11cm
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DS017
Citrine and quartz carved
snail
(Brazil)
AA
highly detailed carving carved in Germany.
Weight:
0.4KG
Length:
12cm
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DS018
Amethyst hedgehog
(Uruguay)
Only one German artist is known to produce this
detailed carving.
Weight:
0.1KG
Width:
6cm
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DS019
Charoite bear
(Siberia)
Charoite is an unusual mineral of rare
occurrence. It is found to date in only one
location, along the Chary River at Aldan in
Russia. It forms as a swirling pattern of
interlocking crystals.
Weight:
0.66KG
Length:
12cm
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DS020
Ruby zoisite bear
(India)
This bear has been carved from a strikingly
unusual mineral specimen. The red material are
true rubies.
Weight:
0.64KG
Length:
12cm
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DS021
Petrified wood oak table
(Oregon, USA)
These slices undergo fifteen stages of polishing
to produce the mirror finish. This helps to
reveal the extraordinary preservation and
natural colour within this particular wood slab.
Weight:
80KG
Width:
117.5cm
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DS022
Petrified wood monkey puzzle
table
(Arizona,
USA)
A
slice of the tree of exceptional quality and
rich red colouration. Such is the quality of
preservation, that the original individual wood
cells have been preserved and are visible under
magnification.
Weight:
70KG
Width:
115cm
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