AWESOME MINI ROCK EGG COLLECTION COOL VINTAGE 1980S SOUTHERN AFRICAN 25x17MM OVAL EGGS

COOL, VINTAGE (CIRCA 1980S) SOUTHERN AFRICA MINI ROCK EGG COLLECTION. BOXED AND LABELLED WITH NAMES IN OLD TYPEWRITER FONT PASTED ON INSIDE OF COVER. THESE STONE MINI EGGS (25x17MM OVAL SHAPED) ARE ALL INDIGENOUS TO SOUTHERN AFRICA.
 
EGG SHAPED SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, 25 TOTAL,SAYS: COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF SOUTH AFRICA,. I BELIEVE FIRST SOLD BY PAST TIMES OF OXFORD ENGLAND IN THE 1980S WHICH WERE REKNOWNED FOR ITS RANGE OF ICONIC RETRO GIFTS.
 
MOST OF THESE ROCK EGGS ARE ALSO USED IN THE SCULPTURES OF THE SHONA ARTISTS OF ZIMBABWE (FORMERLY SOUTHERN RHODESIA).
 
The artists use stone such as Serpentine (somewhat old, having been formed about 2.6 billion years ago), with more than 200 color variations. The hardest and darkest of the Serpentine varieties is black, commonly known as Springstone or Africa stone. Then we get Leopard Rock which is a hard and unusual variety of greenish Serpentine. It comes from a few small mines in Nyanga, eastern Zimbabwe, and gets its name from the black spots on a pale background.
 
Less seen is Lepidolite, with its beautiful pale mauve coloration; Unakite (Unakite is an altered granite rock composed of pink feldspar, green epidote, and generally colorless quartz. It is a beautiful gemstone. It is found in Zimbabwe and the Beitbridge area of South Africa were the gneiss has been replaced by epidote) and the very hard Verdite, found mostly in darker shades of green but with other variations as well.

The box contain 25 mini rock eggs each 25x17mm oval shaped:
1. Aventurine 2. Pink Dolomite
3. Lime Stone (Limestone rich in organic matter will be darker. Some limestone is even such a dark grey it appears nearly black.)
4. Grey Granite 5. Verdite
6. Banded Leopidolite (Lepidolite is a rare lilac coloured mineral belonging to the mica family.)
7. Leopard Rock (Leopard rock is a hard and unusual variety of greenish Serpentine. It comes from a few small mines in Nyanga, eastern Zimbabwe, and gets its name from the black spots on a pale background.)
8. Calcrete (conglomerate in which the particles have been cemented together by the precipitation of mineral matter in their interstitial spaces. The cement is usually calcium carbonate)
9. Butter Chete (Yes, said 'sheet' It looks a bit like butter, and feels greasy too!]
10. Grey Opaline 11. Brown Opaline
12.  Iron Pyrites 13. Pink Rose Quartz 14. Magnesite
15. Yellow Unikite 16. Red Unikite
17. Mauve Stone (literally means purple stone) 18. Banded Jasper  
19. Black Serpentine 20. Dark Leopidolite (Lepidolite also displays bright sparkling flecks which twinkle like stars and glow like glitter, owing to the Lepidolite Mica composition of the stone.)
21. Amazonite 22. Opaline (any of several minerals resembling opal in its iridescence.)
23. Green Quarts 24. Dolomite 25. White Limestone
 
NOTE I HAVE ANOTHER VINTAGE SHONA ROCK AND MINERAL COLLECTION FROM THE 1970S ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. ALSO THREE MALACHITE EGGS AND SOME OTHER BANDED ROCK EGGS INCLUDING ONE EGG MADE FROM BONE.
 
SIZE: 14CM WIDE 11CM DEEP 2,5CM HIGH
EACH MINI EGG 2,5x1,7CM OVAL
 
CONDITION: COMPLETE. FEW SMALL ROUND LABELS MISSING BUT ALL MINI EGGS ARRANGED CORRECTLY.
 
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