MARRA MAMBA TIGER'S-EYE SPHERE. Mt Brockman Station, Western Australia. ...

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MARRA MAMBA TIGER'S-EYE SPHERE
Mt Brockman Station, Western Australia

An incredible natural wonder, this beautiful 9-inch diameter sphere was painstakingly carved from one giant boulder of extremely rare Marra Mamba tiger's-eye. Because of its fibrous nature, such an operation is extremely difficult, hazardous, and time-consuming; it takes a master lapidarist to produce such an object. The bands of color swirl across its surface like the gas clouds of some extraordinary planet; blending and merging like oil paints in water, in bands and patches of glittering golden tiger's-eye, deep metallic black hematite, strong red jasper and the rich olive green of mixed riebeckite (blue) and goethite (yellow). Offered at no reserve.
Measurements: 10 inches (25.4 cm).

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