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These tassels were used on feast days to decorate the church throughout Italy

18th century Italian gilded fragment candlestick mounted with a fossil shell and wulfenite on a polished calcite base

Armani and Alberto Pinto

historical relics

hence the name pyrophyllite from the Greek pyros (fire)

L234 cartoon mirrors These tassels were used on18th century Italian station of the cross with calcite crystals in matrix and a natural forming baroque pearl. The rare calcite crystal formation comes from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee. It is an example of the world's finest crystallized calcite. With the unusual formation of sphalerite, it is unequaled by those from any other part of the world (referenced from the "American Mineral Treasure" book, pg. 337). Size: 4. 5" high x 3. 5" wide x 2" deep