Carved Rhodochrosite bird

Item Description

A beautiful, art-in-stone sculpture of a life-like bird expertly carved from the famous Capillitas Mine, Catamarca, Argentina rhodochrosite. The detailing on the sharply banded tail and bird's body and head are particulary noteworthy. The accenting stone of the beak and eyes is a very nice accent. The bird is aesthetically perched on a sculptural brass stump. High quality rhodo, and carving done in professional shops in Brazil. We don't usually offer carvings, but the quality was so high, we couldnt resist buying this in a collection recently. This would make a fine Christmas present. Even wholesale at Tucson, if you could get such a pure rhodochrosite carving today, it would be over $1000. This pure, thick, uniformly colored Argentina rhodochrosite is simply not as readily available on the market any more, and they carve much of it themselves now at the mine itself.