LARGE BUTTERFLY RAINBOW OBSIDIAN. ...

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LARGE BUTTERFLY RAINBOW OBSIDIAN
Mexico
Of what, apart from the meteorological phenomenon with which it shares its name, is rainbow obsidian most suggestive? A butterfly, of course, with the infinite variety of delicate colors, flowing together and arranged in such sinuous harmony as could only be a product of nature in its element. The lapidarist's art is superbly displayed here as, with the greatest skill, the rock-carver has chipped away at the surface of the rough stone to produce a beautifully symmetrical arrangement of the natural flowing lines of gold, green, blue and purple that course through this otherwise pitch-black volcanic glass. Polished to a lustrous finish, it is a lovely and evocative object, measuring 9 x 7 1/8 x 1 5/8 inches.

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