H983 19th century 5" high x 7" wide

5" high x 7" wide x 3

Lemon quartz crystal cluster with coordinating baroque pearls and geode

The fossil coral is described as a chalcedony (agate) pseudo morph after coral formed in the Oligocene-Miocene Hawthorn Group Formations from the skeleton of tiny ocean animals

18th century Italian pom pom decorated with garnets on a mica in matrix base with garnet inclusions

Interpreting the past to create a piece entirely original

H983 19th century 5" high x 7" widePetrified wood with hand forged Italian style Iron appliqu. Petrified wood are fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation, the result of trees having completely transformed to stone through the process of permineralization, a thousand year process. All organic materials have been replaced with minerals, such as quartz, while retaining the original stem tissue. Unlike other fossils that are usually compressions, petrified wood is a three dimensional