THE SNAKE HEAD
THE precious opal snake head cast. The head is preserved in glycerin but the body segment is dry and has not crazed. This came from the Rainbow Ridge Opal mine in 1992. That's 1/2 dry for 12 years. This cast is of straight up color white base precious opal with good multicolor play of fire. The outside rind, which was against the matrix and cast the skin, is of an airy contra luz in yellow green red flashes. Non experts don't believe it can be real but I have to pry it out of degreed biologists hands. $50,000
A CAT scan was un-conclusive to species as it was shot 90 degrees off optimum. Thanks to the nuclear medicine department at Merle West Hospital in Klamath Falls, Or. for their help with scans. I'm still waiting for an expert for a positive ID and Certification.
The fossil was made with the tip of the chin above the last layer of opalization (belly up). David Lawler, past director of the Geo-science Foundation U.C. Berkeley (an accepted expert in the field), confirmed it was a snake and not a lizard head. He believes there is no visible internal structures replaced and the cast is of the surface features only. He surmised it was a shovel head snake that were fairly common then. Not positive to species, there are no comparisons found or heard of yet.
IT BE THE PRECIOUS OPAL REPLACEMENT OF A SNAKE HEAD
This is 3 dimensional in precious gemstone. Serious principles and dealers only please. It's a natural gemstone serpent fossil that is truly ONE OF A KIND. It was in tailings on top of dust in July when found on private property.
BottomI know the snake symbol is used repeatedly in different religions but ........Have you any knowledge of any prophecy's about a gemstone snake head? Maybe they need it more than I do.
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