Bennettitalean CycadophyteLune river in southern Tasmania produces some of the worlds finest plant fossils. The rare fossil ferns, trees and cycads from Lune river are preserved perfectly to a cellular level by agate and jasper. Dating to the mid Jurassic period,180 million years ago. It is about 130mm x 45mm x 35mm weighs 200 grams

The pale translucent chung dzi was traded in 2003 with my friend Robert Thomas in Hawaii who purchased it and other beads from Tibetan refugees in California in the early 1970s

Handmade with love by Rare and Beautiful

2 x 7 cm  49 grams

Stone 9 x6  mm

We found this tiny seahorse washed up and dried out on the sand of Marion Bay on the East Coast of Tasmania

Displays wonderfully as a rough piece but would also polish nicely million years ago

This rare black opal has a great even pattern with flashes of blue

Large hoop 52cm length

Dravite Tourmaline

Australian Queensland Natural Sapphire set in a solid 18k gold band

Fuchsia Pink Colour

10 pieces of Smokey quartz from Killiecrankie Bay on Flinders Island