Floating LAPIS Gemstone HUMMINGBIRD Stone Carving; Peru

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This "Floating" Hummingbird has a body carved out of Lapis that is naturally mixed with Sodalite originally from Bolivia ~ hand carved in Peru. The wings are carved out of Aragonite. The bronze beak is in a flower of Andean Red Jasper with Yellow Serpentine leaves which stands on a Quartz Cluster on a base of black onyx. Excellent detail. The hummingbird has a wing span of 3 1/4" (8.3 cm) wide, and the entire carving s tands 5" (12.7 cm) tall. This little delight takes two boxes to be packed securely for shipping . New stone carvings are coming from Peru, w a number of families are employed to do the carving ~ they are truly beautiful. Take a good look at the photo showing its back ~ you can really see the detail of the feathers.