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Something About Crush From Finding Nemo

Gold necklace via Greek and Roman Art

Medium: Gold

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/242834

This sample is remarkable. Original caption:

fms.fossils This is a shot of the abdomen of a near-perfect ichthyosaur I found at Lyme Regis last year. This one is so well preserved that much of the skin pigment and stomach contents are still preserved across the animal. This exceptional level of preservation is rare in the fossil record, and Lyme Regis is one of the few places where it can be found. Exceptional fossil locations where soft tissues can be found are known as Lagerstätten (singular Lagerstätte), or technically Konservat-Lagerstätten. This is from the German meaning ‘storage place’ and there are not many of them known in the world. While Lyme Regis is often forgotten as a fossil site of exceptional preservation, I would argue that it is one of the best, right up there with the more famous Chinese Lagerstätte deposits. With the advent of modern preparation techniques and expert preparators, the fossils from Lyme Regis are showing how well preserved they can be and the soft tissues have the potential to tell us a great deal about how the animals of the Early Jurassic seas lived. 

Most of those fish come from the Green River formation in Wyoming - a desert lake that would fill and dry up. Some Mosasaur teeth in the final photo.

Rock bottom

Locket, 1571-78, England.

Lil 8mm (0g) labradorite double flares with a nice cool blue flash!

Adamite in Limonite pocket - Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Celestine/Celestite 💙

Rutilated Quartz on top of black Jasper :) #lapidary #rutilatedquartz #quartz #cabochon #handcarved #handcrafted #handmade #jewelry #jewellry #design #fashion #seattle #seattlemade #artisan

Garnet, wrapped in a nest of asbestos

Also known as The king of garnets, Demantoid or Andradites are the most expensive of the family, and the gemmier versions practically glow thanks to their unique gemmological properties. They are different to their green cousin Tsavorite (http://bit.ly/1ygBzM5), and vary from a yellowish or brownish green to a deep hue as fine as the best emeralds. They are also known sometimes as Urals emerald, since they were first discovered there in 1868. So far, all the deposits found result from one flavour or another of metamorphism.

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#TlalocTuesday

Serpentine Rain God Mask

Mixtec. Mexico. 13th to 14th century

Many peoples in ancient Mexico made masks of different types and in a variety of materials. Some depict idealized human faces, others animals or supernatural beings. How the masks functioned is not always clear. Only a few have been discovered in archaeological contexts and life-uses are hard to make out. Face-size examples with holes for eyes and mouth were presumably worn in processions or on ceremonial occasions. Masks with no such openings may have been laid upon the dead; or they might have been tied to statuary or deity bundles, as the holes on the sides of the forehead of this mask suggest. Still others are small enough to be worn as pendants or as part of headdresses. This mask, carved from a light green serpentine, depicts the rain god Tlaloc with the characteristic ringed eyes, prominent teeth, and a mouth with an upper lip-moustache that curls on each side. He also wears a nose bar in the nasal septum.

The Met

Check out these rose quartz plugs!

Just finished these 1-½ teardrops😎 AND they’re for sale!!! This material is called #spurite or #strombolite and is extremely difficult to find. These would make a great addition to your (or your loved ones) collection! They are 7/16" wide with a 1/16" flare. #teardrops #plugs #gauges #plugsporn #plugsofinstagram @stretchedears @plugsporn #lapidary #handmade #bodyjewelry #stoneplugs #giftideas

Oh @diabloorganics how we love you.. 💖 #BodyJewelry #Release #DiabloOrganics #IowaCity (at Release Body Modification)

Check out this other pair of eyelets we got from @anatometalinc recently! These are ¾". #Anatometal #CZ #Bling #IowaCity (at Release Body Modification)

Labradorite by Temple Jewelry

Lapis Lazuli Teardrops and Labret by Temple Jewelry

Laguna Agate Teardrops by Temple Jewelry

Indonesia ~ Java | Pair of Plugs Ornamented with Figures and Inlaid Stones | Gold | ca. 9th - 14th century (Eastern Javanese period)

Just finished cutting this gorgeous Boulder Opal today! The blues and purples are insane! 😍

Antonis Minor tea pot in lapis lazuli with gold trimmings, by Dionysio, grandson of Ottavio Miseroni. Miseroni lapidary workshops, Milan

Malachite tazza (cup), a wedding gift to the Infante Luisa of Spain from Tsar Nicholas I - Imperial Lapidary Workshop, Peterhof, 1846.

Jade Finial in the form of Dragon Head

Yuan Dynasty (13th - 14th Centuries)