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Applegate Jade Mushroom With Sprouting Vine

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Remember that sprout Larkin made recently? Check it out paired with this Gemmy McGemerson applegate jade!

Larkin cut this cab from a bowenite stone found by our family near our home in southern Oregon. This stone is known for its deep green translucence and black flecks of magnetite that cause it to attract a magnet! Very deep green, almost black in some light, it really glows when light passes through.

That orange-ish skinned stone in this picture of the back of the piece is the original, raw bowenite cut for this cab.

Larkin paired the silver mushroom form with a sweet little sprout, entirely hand fabricated from sterling silver and modeled after young vines currently appearing on the forest floor around our home. Larkin left the back empty to allow the stone to really shine, and topped the whole thing with a custom made vining leaf bail.