Beautiful Amethyst Gemstone Pebble Bonsai Tree on a Garnet Like Embedded Methamorphic Rock Slab Base

BEAUTIFUL AMETHYST QUARTZ GEMSTONE AND BRASS WIRE BONSAI TREE. HANDMADE BY SKILLFUL ARTISTS. WITH POLISHED AMETHYST PEBBLES TO RESEMBLE LEAVES AND BRASS WIRE FOR THE TREE TRUNKS AND BRANCHES. THE TREE IS PLACED ON A GARNET LIKE EMBEDDED METHAMORPHIC ROCK SLAB BASE.
 
CONDITION: FEW PEBBLES MISSING BUT HARDLY NOTICEBLE. IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
SIZE: 16CM WIDE 17CM HIGH 17CM DEEP
 
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT GARNETS:
Garnet gemstones have been favoured by the rich and famous for many centuries. They have been found in many ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian ruins . Red garnet necklaces were found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs, dating back to 3100 BCE and Ancient Romans were known to use carved garnets in signet rings to stamp wax seals, on important documents.
Garnets have featured in a range of folklore and legends. In the Talmudic version of Noahs Ark, the ark was lit up by a massive red garnet and in the middle ages, garnets were sought after as a cure for depression. In northern Pakistan between 1889 and 1892, the Hunzas used garnet bullets to fight the British. They believed that garnets would be more effective bullets than lead because they were red, like blood.
Most garnet forms when a sedimentary rock with high aluminium content, such as shale, is metamorphosed (subjected to heat and pressure). The high heat and pressure breaks the chemical bonds in the rocks and cause minerals to recrystallise. The new minerals, that form, such as garnet, are more stable in those conditions. This process commonly occurs where two tectonic plates are converging. Garnets can also be found in igneous rocks such as granite and basalt.
As it is fairly resistant to abrasion and chemical weathering, garnet is often found in sedimentary rocks or material that is highly weathered and where only the hardest materials have been left behind, like mineral sand dunes.

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