1 pink Rhodochrosite FIGA, pendant vintage 70's, amulet lucky hand charm

Description

1 (One) pink Rhodochrosite Figa: .....
.....a beautiful
VINTAGE 70's
Rhodochrosite good-luck(as the story goes..)charm-amulet-pendant form .Measures 1in , good condition, vintage 70's inventory never worn nor sold. Rare to find. Map (no physical map is included in this auction) is only to show the general location of where the rough used, was mined.
Origin: foothills of the Andes mountain range in Catamarca province, Argentina( near city of Andalgala), Capillitas Mine.
This particular Rhodochrosite pendant was carved from was mined in the renowned Capillitas-mine in the early 70's (famous for it's fine Rhodochrosite output for many decades, specially the pink banding-swirl grade ),
Andalgalá-Catamarca-Argentina in 70's
and then carved into approx.
1.0inch-figa
with the typical artisan finish of a gemstone pendant handcrafted by
local craftsmen from then
....  Metal-bail is a nickel alloy. The tonality-mix makes this Figa very interesting, looks almost "antiquity painted" due to the effect of such a busy and interesting mix of color-tones resulting from the rough as cut into a charm.
The
banding , swirls
,
patterns
are in a nice pink-red-pastel-tonality  & light-pink tonality intertwined with whitish tones in this overall pink-figa , deeper pink tonalities, off-white mixed etc ....
Condition:  good condition, unworn/never retailed piece from older-1970's-inventory.
Figas (Feegah) are historically intertwined with good-luck beliefs.... (ea. country-origin has it's particular connotations of "luck", ...fertility, fortune etc...no claims on the Figa but rather describing how it is perceived in certain places) .....in several countries, Brazil being the main renowned one that uses this figure-motif very  frequently in their jewelry & charms ...often they are dressed with gems, gold tops, gold or silver fingernails, platinum, different gemstones (aqua, lapis, amethyst, quartz, etc) and are also carved out of wood in a unique artisan rustic fashion similar to these.These particular ones have that artisan-rustic-finish, with a beautiful rhodochrosite-polish typical of the argentine-mined-Rhodochrosite.
Our Gemology Background: GIA diamond specialist, highly experienced in finer estate & antique jewelry
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Packaged
in either poly-bags, pouches or boxes-small )~~~
Condition
is
very good
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