M119 calcite and wax on wood

and wax on wood

8" high x 3

30" high x 15" wide x 2" deep

Ruler Selenite with gold leaf on a Lucite base

Lemon quartz crystal cluster with coordinating baroque pearls and geode

M119 calcite and wax on wood18th century Italian Florence fragment topped and adorned with calcite crystals on the original fragment base. The calcite crystals come from the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee. It is an example of the world's finest crystallized calcite (referenced from the "American Mineral Treasure" book, pg. 337). This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. There is still the original paint