A captivating onyx
Turtle's (or tortoise's) carapace has been overlaid with a composition like heaven and earth. Jayne Quam set this mosaic in place with a delicious array of stones and shells such as crushed azurite, turquoise, marble, alunite, shell, lapis, fossilized jasper, spiny oyster shell, tidgilite, phosphosiderite and azurite. Part of the arrangement looks like a celestial scene with a shooting star and a crescent moon, while the other section looks like abstracted mountains or other earthy landscapes. Turquoise inlaid eyes convey a sweet determinedness. About 3 1/4" long, 2 1/4" wide and 3/4" tall.
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