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Blue Andean opal fish  Peru. $5.00 each unless marked

Andean opal is translucent, which tends to make these carvings glow. Some minor tool marks and flat spots are visible.
Light greenish/blue with matrix. fsh221b.gif (16810 bytes)
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Light blue with matrix streaks. fsh221c.gif (14503 bytes)
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Light blue/green with interesting matrix spotting. fsh221d.gif (20414 bytes)
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Light blue/green. Flip side has heavy blotch of matrix. fsh221e.gif (21652 bytes)
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Darker blue with nice tail matrix. fsh221f.gif (20172 bytes)
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Darker blue. Tail up position. Matrix streak on side. fsh221h.gif (18568 bytes)
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Blue and white opal banding with specks of matrix running the length of the fish. Tail up. SOLD
Blue and brown running down the length. fsh222d.gif (19889 bytes)
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Blue with matrix blotches. Darker blue on other side. fsh222i.gif (17704 bytes)
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Trout? Salmon? The only one I have. Nice patterns. fsh222j.gif (20751 bytes)
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Light blue with black speckles. Slight craze near tail. fsh222l.gif (19519 bytes)
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Blue/green with brown matrix streaks. fsh222n.gif (15802 bytes)
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Translucent with brown/black flecking. SOLD
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Strange looking piece. Tail down. Large light brown spot on other side. $4.00 fsh222r.gif (17089 bytes)
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Another smally. $3.00 fsh222t.gif (17366 bytes)
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Pink Opal fish  Peru. $5.00 each unless marked.

Mixed pink/gray. Diagonal slant to tail. fsh32h.gif (18139 bytes)
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Med pink w/ black & brown markings. Tail up. fsh32j.gif (14419 bytes)
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Pink/white mixture w/ gray markings. fsh32k.gif (13288 bytes)
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Strong pink w black splotches & flecks. SOLD
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Pastel pink. Tail up. Other side has black streak. fsh32m.gif (14813 bytes)
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Pink w/ gray/white mix. fsh32n.gif (15022 bytes)
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Light pink w/ black/white mixture. fsh32o.gif (17507 bytes)
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Pink and black mottled mix. fsh32p.gif (16903 bytes)
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Med pink w/ black & brown splotches. Tail up. fsh32q.gif (16606 bytes)
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Med pink. Tail up. Brown/white blotches. fsh32r.gif (15426 bytes)
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Med pink w/ gray/brown/white splotches. fsh32s.gif (13905 bytes)
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Pink this side. Other is mixed pink/black/gray. SOLD
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Lapis Lazuli fish. Afghanistan. $12.00 ea. unless noted.

Dark blue w/streaks & flecks of pyrite. Little matrix. fsh224c.gif (16242 bytes)
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Fish on waves. Drk blue. Some pyrite & matrix. fsh224e.gif (15805 bytes)
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Drk blue. Whitish splotches. Little pyrite. fsh224g.gif (15715 bytes)
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deep blue body w/white/yellow matrix in fin and tail. fsh224h.gif (15494 bytes)
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Two tone light and dark blue. fsh224i.gif (15564 bytes)
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Mix of blues with yellowish fin and tail. SOLD
Large fish jumping. Rich blue. Matrix flecks. Much  pyrite.   15.00 fsh224m.gif (14792 bytes)
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Large fish upside down on waves. Why? I don't know. Yellowish matrix. Little pyrite.  $15.00 fsh224n.gif (17339 bytes)
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Large fish on waves. Grayish matrix in base. $15.00 SOLD

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Miscellaneous fish

    From Peru. Good workmanship. Minor tool marks and flat spots can be seen. Eyes are colored glass. All fish are $4.00 each unless indicated differently.

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Gemstone eyed fish

    A few fish I selected and replaced the eyes with different gemstones for you to look at. Because of the materials and gemstone values the price varies per piece.

 

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Fish on seaweed  Peru  $10.00 each

   Here's some very nicely done angelfish attached to a carved piece of seaweed/crystal cluster, and glued to a slate or basalt base. From Peru. Fish are made from alternating vertical bands of Pale mangano/calcite and orangey aragonite. Hold them up to light and the white turns pink. Eyes are colored glass.

See description above. swfsh91a.gif (23234 bytes)
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See description above. swfsh91b.gif (18850 bytes)
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See description above. swfsh91c.gif (23851 bytes)
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