Garden Quartz Underwater Goldfish Hand-Carved Intaglio Reverse Lens Carving (Video) perspex Sugilite is a very rare

Sugilite is a very rare sodium potassium lithium silicate mineral that is prized for its bright purple tone and was first discovered in Japan in 1944 and is named for its discover

a Lithium inclusive Quartz with excellent pink/purple colour

With a half flat-cap on the top of the crystal

This fossil is situated in black limestone over 450 million years old from the Ordovician Period and are mined in Morocco

watery jasmine

Garden Quartz Underwater Goldfish Hand-Carved Intaglio Reverse Lens Carving (Video) perspex Sugilite is a very rareThis is an exquisite lens of Quartz with excellent clarity and red and green inclusions of 'Garden', that has been reverse 'Intaglio' carved with a pair of goldfish swimming underwater feeding on kelp. Intaglio carving is the process of etching out a design from the rear, so it can be viewed as a 3D picture from the front. This process is done by hand by master carvers and is a painstakingly long process to complete each individual masterpiece.