Phantom Garden Quartz Underwater Koi Fish Hand-Carved Intaglio Reverse Lens Carving (Video) uv light 6cm x 5cm)

6cm x 5cm)

These rare specimens came out in the early 2000s

A little note from the artist/writer:

translucent pale pink Rubellite Tourmaline with tiny blue Indicolite Tourmaline inclusions (only visible with backlight)

A collection of fossilised Orthoceras shells in a single piece of polished limestone formed into a standing sculpture

Phantom Garden Quartz Underwater Koi Fish Hand-Carved Intaglio Reverse Lens Carving (Video) uv light 6cm x 5cm)This is an exquisite lens of Quartz with excellent clarity and phantom green chlorite inclusions of 'Garden', that has been reverse 'Intaglio' carved with a pair of koi carp fish 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