Star Galaxy Gold knife block with a fossilized fish

Details

Stopping places	7
Weight	16.88kg
Size	Length 76 cm | Width 12 cm | Height 27.7 cm
Serial number	TSSFO.011

Knife block made of Star Galaxy Gold with a fossilized fish. Special feature: crystals formed on the fish's spine, which now make beautiful bling bling.

The fish Tharsis is a bony fish. Its typical feature is its almond-shaped eyes. In this fossilized fish, crystals formed under the enormous pressure, which also filled the cracks. The Tharsis could grow to over 20 cm in length. Tharsis occurs in all the fracture areas near Eichstätt, although it is very rare in some places.

Fossil	Tharsis dubius
Location	Eichstätt, Germany
formation	Upper Jurassic
Old	approx. 150 million years

The Star Galaxy Gold from India exudes a sparkling and luxurious ambience. It is particularly impressive due to its gold and bronze-colored inclusions that sparkle on its deep black background. When polished, its full radiance comes into its own. The stone fits into any living environment that relies on strong contrasts. Simply elegant and timeless. The reflective minerals are bronzites embedded in a dark matrix. The Star Galaxy Gold is a gabbro and not granite. A gabbro is a fine-grained igneous rock that was formed deep in the earth's interior. It consists mainly of dark minerals such as pyroxene, hornblende and olives; quartz is absent or only occurs in trace amounts.

Description: Star Galaxy Gold

Type of rock: Gabbro

Age: Precambrian (covers the first 4 billion years of Earth’s history)

Rock group: Plutonic rock

Appearance: Deep black, brown, gold sparkling, medium grain

Location: Ongole/ Madras/ Andhra Pradesh, INDIA

Acid resistance: The stone is resistant to acid attacks within normal limits.

Technical data: Star Galaxy Gold

Bulk density: 2.83-2.95 t/m³

Compressive strength: 183.0-203.1 MPa

Bending strength: 19.1 MPa

Water absorption: 0.08-0.12 wt.%

Frost resistance: Frost resistant