FABERGE Imperial Russian 88 Silver 84 Seraphinite Emerald Cane Walking Stick HW For Sale
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FABERGE Imperial Russian 88 Silver 84 Seraphinite Emerald Cane Walking Stick HW:
$47,500
For your consideration is an exceedingly rare and important FABERGÉ Imperial Russian Siberian Seraphinite Emerald and Ruby encrusted hand chased silver Cane / Walking Stick featuring the Russian imperial eagle and St. GEORGE, Patron saint of Russia.
This Russian FABERGE walking stick is made of hand chased gold wash 84 silver, decorated with natural emeralds and rubies. The stock is made of high quality ebony. The stick has a length of 100cm. The handle 12.5cm.
Seraphinite OR Siberian Angel Stone (gem quality clinochlore of the chlorite group) is a lovely dark-green stone that changes sparkle and light as you view it from different positions. It comes from mine “Korshunovskaia” which is situated not far from Baikal Lake in Eastern Siberia, Russia. Its hardness is 2 – 2,5 (Moh’s Scale), density 2,6. Chemical formula H8 Mg5 Al2 Si3 O18.
Clinochlore was found and described by the famous Russian mineralogist Nikolai I. Koksharov (1818 – 1892) who was once the director of the Imperial Mineralogical Society. This mineral got its name from the Greek words for inclined and green since its structure is monoclinic and its common color is green.