Look for Olivine "bombs" in amongst scoria gravel. They range in size from a walnut to a lemon. The mineral itself often crumbles.
It is found beyond Earth, even in meteorites. Its earliest known classical source was at St. John's Island ( now Zabargad island ) in the Red Sea.
Victoria's largest deposit is at Mortlake, in the western district. These samples come from there.
Installed here is my die-cast lamb, appropriate representitive of the world-famous wool that has been grown in this region of extinct volcanoes.
None of us would exist without the valuable generosity of the earth given to us.
Emblematic of purity and morality, and of spring, Olivine/Peridot is supposed to ward off negativity.
Hello Faisal:
ReplyDeleteBeautifully presented, informative, and interesting! And a very clever use of the letters!!
tell us more about the goblet
ReplyDeleteI would love one
Hello Jane and Lance,
ReplyDeleteit's much more interesting for me to expand what I can do, and to approach a subject from different levels. Really, I'm probably mortified my blog will get lost and no-one will read me. Thankyou again.
dear Faisal, i got a bit behind on reading and commenting on your posts. I want to tell you I loved reading them all. Zara looks beautiful, this post is interesting and so beautifully and creatively designed, the Burnley gardens post provocative - it's just down the road - why don't I go there? cheers, catmint
ReplyDeleteand the poem - the last line made me shiver ... very powerful and wonderful poem.
ReplyDeleteJohn, all I can tell you about the goblet is I bought it in a country town a little while ago - it looks like it was made for a church, but being wooden, wouldn't be functional. I haven't seen another one like it.
ReplyDeleteDear Catmint, go to Burnley Gardens, and I bet you too will get them to yourself. Walks along the Yarra there, though the planting's sometimes scrappy, are also nice, especially with a dog! Thankyou for all your generous comments.
Wonderful post! My friend and I were just talking on the phone Monday about de-cluttering our belonging and how neither one of us can seem to part with any of our minerals/rocks. I cherish them all!
ReplyDeleteI don't believe I have any Olivine/Peridot. It looks lovely, but too bad it crumbles so easily.
meggs.
Meggs, hi. It can be easier to throw out man-made things than a 'found' piece of nature. The crumbling's kind of nice - the mineral isn't rare, and I know some country roads where it's been incorporated into the surface. No great loss, I guess. I've only been able to find a couple of little gems.
ReplyDeleteThere is something sacral about this post... maybe it is the goblet with the lamb? I just love that picture, your combinations are so evocative, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThere's a sacredness about art, and gardens, and life that draws me to them. Creation itself is a sacred act, isn't it? Thankyou Liisa.
ReplyDeleteI'm very partial to olivine myself. It has a beautiful colour.
ReplyDeleteHello, Nicholas - that colour has always been a favourite of mine too. It's very easy on the eye, but not a 'weak' colour.
ReplyDeletesuch a nice piece you've written, and i like the "bombs". rocks hold mysteries, few of which i can understand.
ReplyDeleteThat's kind of you, Velma. The 'bombs' are quite easy to find, and when you break them open, it's like opening a gift...yes, rocks hold secrets - perhaps we'd rather not know them - and certainly have a presence.
ReplyDeleteI am always most reticent about 'opening' these 'bombs' (have quarry of em) To know what they contain is sufficient'proof'.
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