Fossil Fern TasmaniaLune river in southern Tasmania produces some of the worlds finest plant fossils. The rare fossil ferns, trees and cycads from Lune river are preserved perfectly to a cellular level by agate and jasper. Dating to the mid Jurassic period,180 million years ago. This is a highly agatised piece of this rare fern, almost half the plant including the core. Osmundacaulis Nerii 5. 5 x 3. 5 x 6 cm 112 grams

The pale translucent chung dzi was traded in 2003 with my friend Robert Thomas in Hawaii who purchased it and other beads from Tibetan refugees in California in the early 1970s

These are 9 pieces of unpolished branch sections

The two orange / black and white chung Dzi beads i bought from a friend who purchased them in India in the late 1960s

We have cut the stone into a rectangle cabochon this stone has some strong agate lines and patterns

5cm long    4g

17mm width

Handmade by Rare and Beautiful

Copper (rose gold) and Oxidised (steel)

2 carats at $5

15 carats at $5

These great earrings are hand fabricated from textured sterling silver and oxidised copper

This bead was excavated in Mandalay