H982 Interi faithful reconstructions and multimedia installations

faithful reconstructions and multimedia installations

a process that can take millions of years

18th century Italian church candlestick base decorated with chalcopyrite in matrix with calcite crystals

A pair of 18th century Italian fragments with polished agate coral on a lucite base

It is an example of the world’s finest crystallized calcite

H982 Interi faithful reconstructions and multimedia installationsPetrified wood with hand forged Italian style Iron appliqu. Petrified wood are fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation, the result of trees having completely transformed to stone through the process of permineralization, a thousand year process. All organic materials have been replaced with minerals, such as quartz, while retaining the original stem tissue. Unlike other fossils that are usually compressions, petrified wood is a three dimensional