The likeness of a mammoth has been hand carved from onyx marble by Peruvian artisans. Prehistoric stone animals fit easily into gift baskets and shadow boxes and are fun to create a scene when put in plants, in the window or a Zen garden.
Onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color (save some shades, such as purple or blue). Commonly, specimens of onyx contain bands of black and/or white. Onyx is thought to increase regeneration, happiness, intuition and instincts.
Mammoths roamed the Earth between 4,000 and 6 million years ago with various species living in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America. Their surviving relations are elephants and can be distinguished by their spiral twisted tusks and in later species who adapted to living in the cold, a thick layer of fur.
Onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color (save some shades, such as purple or blue). Commonly, specimens of onyx contain bands of black and/or white. Onyx is thought to increase regeneration, happiness, intuition and instincts.
Mammoths roamed the Earth between 4,000 and 6 million years ago with various species living in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America. Their surviving relations are elephants and can be distinguished by their spiral twisted tusks and in later species who adapted to living in the cold, a thick layer of fur.
