M242 calcite it is also the traditional

it is also the traditional symbol of Saint John the Evangelist

The butterfly has a beautiful color combination of neutral brown and orange tones and contrasting patterns of spots and stripes

8" high x 5

Framed 'Mimoides Pausanias

M242 calcite it is also the traditionalSculptural 18th century hand carved Florence Fragment with a chesapecten shell, turritellidae shells, and faden crystals. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity, craftsmanship, and history of sculptural fragment. The Florence Fragment Collection exhibited with the Museo de Medici this