Garden Quartz Birds in a Tree Hand-Carved Intaglio Reverse Lens Carving (Video) fluorescent Mangano Calcite is UV reactive

Mangano Calcite is UV reactive and will glow bright pink/orange when exposed to UV light

rose and oakmoss

Madagascar

A rare and unique miniature thumbnail specimen for any fine mineral collector

Garden Quartz Birds in a Tree Hand-Carved Intaglio Reverse Lens Carving (Video) fluorescent Mangano Calcite is UV reactiveThis is an exquisite lens of Quartz with excellent clarity and red inclusions of 'Garden', that has been reverse 'Intaglio' carved with a pair of mandarin duck birds that are sat atop a bushy tree under the sun. Intaglio carving is the process of etching out a design from the rear, so it can be viewed as a 3D picture from the front. This process is done by hand by master carvers and is a painstakingly long process to complete each individual