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Eccentric Flint - Mayan, Late Classic - c.550-950 CE - probably Guatemala

The Fuller Anglo-Saxon Brooch, late 9th Century CE, The British Museum, London

This large Anglo-Saxon silver brooch is of extraordinary craftsmanship and perhaps belonged to a high-ranking churchman, or even a nobleman from the court of King Alfred the Great (871-899 CE). The central part is decorated with five figures representing each of the human senses. Sight is in the centre with large bulging eyes, and he is surrounded by Touch, Taste, Smell and Hearing, who can all be identified by their actions.

Behold the mesmerizing clarity of a Golden Rutile Flowers in Quartz crystal.

Credit: © Godlegocrystal

Dalan Hargrave

'The Hitching Stone' Ancient Landscape Feature, Keighley Moor, Yorkshire

Mayan eccentric flints, 500 - 800 A.D. 

Eccentric flints, such as these, were sacred, high status offerings and evidence of the skill and technology of the Mayan workshops. A tapered base at the bottom may have been attached to a staff or scepter.

Wood fragment fossilized in orange translucent chalcedony. Indonesian Miocene. A beautiful fussion between paleontology and mineralogy!

Photo: Juarezfossil

José Juárez Ruiz

Details of French armor 1575–80.