Gem animal carvings from China

GOAT
Goat Soapstone- Average 1.5" tall or long
#Y-GOA-1 $8	#Y-GOA-2 $8	#Y-GOA-3 $8	#Y-GOA-4 $8
#Y-GOA-5 $8	#Y-GOA-6 $8		#Y-GOA-8 $8
#Y-GOA-9 $8	#Y-GOA-10 $8	#Y-GOA-11 $8	#Y-GOA-12 $8
#Y-GOA-14 $8	#Y-GOA-15 $8	#Y-GOA-17 $8	#Y-GOA-18 $8
		#Y-GOA-23 $8	#Y-GOA-24 $8
Goat- Male goat with large horns Soapstone- Average 1.5" tall or long
		#Y-GOA-65 $8 SOLD
Goat Soapstone- Large 2-3/4" long x 3" tall
#Y-GOA-402 $27 SOLD

GORILLA or APE
Gorilla (The first "cute" gorillas you will ever see) Soapstone- Average 1.5" tall or long
#Y-GOR-1 $8	#Y-GOR-2 $8	#Y-GOR-4 $8	#Y-GOR-5 $8
	#Y-GOR-7 $8		#Y-GOR-12 $8
#Y-GOR-18 $8	#Y-GOR-19 $8	#Y-GOR-20 $8	#Y-GOR-21 $8
	#Y-GOR-23 $8	#Y-GOR-24 $8	#Y-GOR-25 $8
#Y-GOR-26 $8	#Y-GOR-27 $8	#Y-GOR-28 $8
A dog chimpanzee?
GORILLA SOAPSTONE – Medium 2-1/8” long x 1-3/8” wide x 1-3/4” tall
#Y-GOR-300 $19	#Y-GOR-301 $19	#Y-GOR-302 $19	#Y-GOR-303 $19

GRIFFIN Body of a lion and the head of an eagle
Griffin Soapstone- Average 2" long x 2" tall
#Y-GRI-1 $8	#Y-GRI-2 $8	#Y-GRI-3 $8	#Y-GRI-4 $8
#Y-GRI-5 $8	#Y-GRI-6 $8	#Y-GRI-7 $8
Griffin Gemstone- 1-1/2" long
#Y-GRI-556 Picture jasper $17	#Y-GRI-560 Green aventurine $17		#Y-GRI-562 Green orange unakite $17
#Y-GRI-565 Spotted Dalmatian stone $17	#Y-GRI-566 Green aventurine $17	#Y-GRI-568 Spotted Dalmatian stone $17	#Y-GRI-571 Red rainbow jasper $17
	#Y-GRI-573 Picture jasper $17	#Y-GRI-574 Green orange unakite $17	#Y-GRI-575 Opalite glass $17
#Y-GRI-576 Blue sodalite $17		#Y-GRI-579 Rose quartz crystal $17	#Y-GRI-580 Rose quartz crystal $17
Griffin Gemstone- 2-1/4" long
#Y-GRI-706 Rose quartz $22	#Y-GRI-707 Goldstone $22	#Y-GRI-716 Green aventurine $22	#Y-GRI-717 Spotted Dalmatian jasper $22
#Y-GRI-725 Golden tigereye $22	#Y-GRI-726 Opalite glass $22	#Y-GRI-727 Spotted Dalmatian jasper $22	#Y-GRI-728 Green aventurine $22
#Y-GRI-729 Black onyx $22	#Y-GRI-730 Black onyx $22

HEDGEHOG
Soapstone- Average 1.5" tall or long
	#Y-HED-18 $8	#Y-HED-23 $8	#Y-HED-34 $8
		Baby porcupines

HIPPOPOTAMUS
Hippo Soapstone- Average 1.5" tall or long
Hippo- Simple
#Y-HIP-1 $8	#Y-HIP-2 $8	#Y-HIP-3 $8	#Y-HIP-4 $8
	#Y-HIP-7 $8	#Y-HIP-8 $8	#Y-HIP-18 $8
#Y-HIP-19 $8	#Y-HIP-23 $8	#Y-HIP-24 $8	#Y-HIP-25 $8
#Y-HIP-27 $8	#Y-HIP-28 $8	#Y-HIP-29 $8	#Y-HIP-31 $8
#Y-HIP-33 $8	#Y-HIP-34 $8	#Y-HIP-35 $8	#Y-HIP-36-1 $8
#Y-HIP-37 $8	#Y-HIP-38 $8	#Y-HIP-39 $8	#Y-HIP-40 $8
#Y-HIP-41 $8	#Y-HIP-42 $8	#Y-HIP-43 $8	#Y-HIP-44 $8
#Y-HIP-45 $8	#Y-HIP-46 $8	#Y-HIP-47 $8	#Y-HIP-48 $8
#Y-HIP-49 $8	#Y-HIP-50 $8	#Y-HIP-51 $8	#Y-HIP-52 $8
#Y-HIP-53 $8	#Y-HIP-54 $8	#Y-HIP-55 $8	#Y-HIP-56 $8

Hippo Soapstone- Large 3" long, weighs 8.9 oz boxed
#Y-HIP-400 $27	#Y-HIP-401 $27
Hippo Gemstone - 1" long
#Y-HIP-500 Blue goldstone (4 available) $8	#Y-HIP-501 Black onyx (-0- available) $8 SOLD OUT	#Y-HIP-502 Brown agate (-0- available) $8 SOLD OUT	#Y-HIP-503 Green black jasper (3 available) $8
#Y-HIP-504 Blue sodalite (-0- available) $8 SOLD OUT	#Y-HIP-505 Green aventurine (-0- available) $8 SOLD OUT	#Y-HIP-506 Mahogany obsidian (1 available) $8	#Y-HIP-507 Clear quartz crystal (5 available) $8
Hippo Gemstone- 1-5/8" long
#Y-HIP-552 Dalmatian jasper $17	#Y-HIP-553 Green aventurine $17	#Y-HIP-570 Blue gray sodalite $17	#Y-HIP-576 Picture jasper $17
#Y-HIP-578 White gray howlite $17	#Y-HIP-579 Green aventurine $17	#Y-HIP-580 Golden tigereye $17	#Y-HIP-581 Opalite glass $17
#Y-HIP-582 Opalite glass $17	#Y-HIP-583 Goldstone $17	#Y-HIP-584 Goldstone $17	#Y-HIP-585 Red rainbow jasper $17
#Y-HIP-586 Red rainbow jasper $17

Hippo Gemstone- 2-1/4" long
#Y-HIP-700 Gray yellow jasper $22	#Y-HIP-701 Spotted Dalmatian stone $22	#Y-HIP-713 Green black jasper $22
#Y-HIP-717 Green black jasper $22	#Y-HIP-718 Green aventurine $22	#Y-HIP-719 Opalite glass $22	#Y-HIP-720 Blue gray sodalite $22
#Y-HIP-721 Opalite glass $22	#Y-HIP-722 Goldstone $22	#Y-HIP-724 White gray howlite $22	#Y-HIP-725 Rose quartz crystal $22
#Y-HIP-726 Rose quartz crystal $22	#Y-HIP-727 Red rainbow jasper with quartz $22	#Y-HIP-728 Black onyx $22	#Y-HIP-729 Black onyx $22
#Y-HIP-730 Red rainbow jasper $22
Hippos Create Their Own Antibiotic Sunscreen, "Sweat" May 26, 2004 -- New research shows that the hippopotamus - famous for its luxurious mud-pack skin treatments in the hot sun - produces a sunscreen every time it sweats. Wipe a hippo's face, and you get something akin to sweat, reports researcher Yoko Saikawa, a scientist with Keio University in Japan. Sure, it's not produced by sweat glands like human sweat. Nevertheless, it serves the same purpose. Like sweat, it helps control a hippo's body temperature, explains Saikawa. When the stuff is fresh, it is colorless like sweat. But in hippos, the mucus gradually turns red, then brown. In their study, Saikawa and his fellow researchers wiped a hippo's face and back -- then tested the red mucus in their laboratory. As they filtered the mucus, red and orange pigmented solutions emerged. "We named the red pigment 'hipposudoric acid' and the orange 'norhipposudoric acid,'" Saikawa writes. The study appears in this week's issue of Nature. The pigments are in the ultraviolet range, indicating that they "may act as sunscreens," he explains. The red pigment also acts as an antibiotic, protecting the hippo's skin from infections, he explains. There's just one problem. Once they're off the hippo, these pigments become unstable and turn into solid, brown gunk within a few hours. What factor in the hippo's mucus keeps the stuff from changing form? That's yet to be discovered, says Saikawa. Hippo sweat poses no immediate threat to the sunscreen industry -- at least not until the secret hippo ingredient is found.

HORSE
HORSE - STANDING
Horse Soapstone- Average 1.5" tall or long Tail or right side may not show
#Y-HOR-7 $8	#Y-HOR-9 $8	#Y-HOR-15 $8
#Y-HOR-22 $8	#Y-HOR-23 $8	#Y-HOR-25 $8	#Y-HOR-34 $8
#Y-HOR-35 $8	#Y-HOR-36 $8	#YHOR-37 $8	#Y-HOR-40 $8
#Y-HOR-41 $8	#Y-HOR-42 $8	#Y-HOR-43 $8
The horse gets the last laugh...
Horse Soapstone- Large 3" long x 2-1/4" tall
#Y-HOR-400 $27	#Y-HOR-401 $27
Horse Gemstone- 2" long
PRANCING HORSE
#Y-HOR-P-553 Green black jasper $17	#Y-HOR-P-554 Green aventurine $17	#Y-HOR-P-556 Black onyx $17	#Y-HOR-P-557 Opalite glass $17
#Y-HOR-P-558 On base; golden tigereye $17	#Y-HOR-P-561 Blue gray sodalite $17	#Y-HOR-P-562 On base; golden tigereye $17	#Y-HOR-P-563 Green aventurine $17
REARING HORSE
#Y-HOR-RE-550 Rose quartz crystal $17	#Y-HOR-RE-551 Orange goldstone $17	#Y-HOR-RE-554 Rose quartz crystal $17	#Y-HOR-RE-556 Rose quartz crystal $17
#Y-HOR-RE-557 Gray tan green jasper $17	#Y-HOR-RE-558 Picture jasper $17	#Y-HOR-RE-559 Green aventurine $17	#Y-HOR-RE-560 Red rainbow jasper $17
#Y-HOR-RE-561 Opalite glass $17	#Y-HOR-RE-562 Opalite glass $17	#Y-HOR-RE-563 Blue gray sodalite $17	#Y-HOR-RE-564 Blue gray sodalite $17
#Y-HOR-RE-565 Black onyx $17	#Y-HOR-RE-566 Black onyx $17
Try showing this one at the next horse show!
RUNNING HORSE
#Y-HOR-RU-550 Green aventurine $17	#Y-HOR-RU-551 Picture jasper $17	#Y-HOR-RU-555 Picture jasper $17	#Y-HOR-RU-556 Goldstone $17
#Y-HOR-RU-557 White opalite glass $17	#Y-HOR-RU-559 Blue-gray sodalite $17	#Y-HOR-RU-560 Red rainbow jasper $17	#Y-HOR-RU-561 Picture jasper $17
#Y-HOR-RU-564 White gray howlite $17	#Y-HOR-RU-565 Pale rose quartz $17	#Y-HOR-RU-568 Dyed blue howlite $17	#Y-HOR-RU-569 Golden tigereye $17
#Y-HOR-RU-570 Opalite glass $17	#Y-HOR-RU-571 Opalite Glass $17
Horse Gemstone- 2-1/4" long or tall
PRANCING HORSE
#Y-HOR-P-700 Picture jasper $22	#Y-HOR-P-703 Rose pink quartz crystal $22		#Y-HOR-P-706 White opalite $22
#Y-HOR-P-708 Tigereye $22		#Y-HOR-P-710 Black onyx $22	#Y-HOR-P-711 Green speckled jasper $22
	#Y-HOR-P-714 White gray howlite $22	#Y-HOR-P-715 Golden tigereye $22	#Y-HOR-P-716 Red rainbow jasper $22
REARING HORSE
#Y-HOR-RE-701 Goldstone $22	#Y-HOR-RE-703 Orange goldstone $22	#Y-HOR-RE-705 Rose quartz $22	#Y-HOR-RE-708 Rose quartz crystal $22
#Y-HOR-RE-709 Opalite glass $22	#Y-HOR-RE-711 Picture jasper $22	#Y-HOR-RE-716 White howlite $22	#Y-HOR-RE-717 Dyed blue howlite $22
#Y-HOR-RE-718 Green aventurine $22
RUNNING HORSE
#Y-HOR-RU-700 Black green orbicular jasper $22	#Y-HOR-RU-701 Speckled green jasper $22	#Y-HOR-RU-702 Dyed blue howlite $22	#Y-HOR-RU-703 Green black Kambaba jasper $22
#Y-HOR-RU-708 Goldstone $22	#Y-HOR-RU-709 Red rainbow jasper $22	#Y-HOR-RU-718 Green orange unakite $22	#Y-HOR-RU-719 White gray howlite $22
#Y-HOR-RU-720 Black onyx $22	#Y-HOR-RU-721 Black/red mahogany obsidian $22	#Y-HOR-RU-722 Red rainbow jasper $22	#Y-HOR-RU-723 Goldstone $22
#Y-HOR-RU-724 Opalite glass $22	#Y-HOR-RU-725 Opalite glass $22	#Y-HOR-RU-726 White opalite glass $17	#Y-HOR-RU-727 Green black Kambaba jasper $22
#Y-HOR-RU-728 Golden tigereye $22	#Y-HOR-RU-729 Golden tigereye $22
HORSE- HEAD or CHESS STYLE PIECE
Horse Head Soapstone- Average 1.5" tall or long
#Y-HOR-HE-1 $8	#Y-HOR-HE-3 $8	#Y-HOR-HE-4 $8	#Y-HOR-HE-6 $8
#Y-HOR-HE-8 $8	#Y-HOR-HE-11 $8	#Y-HOR-HE-12 $8	#Y-HOR-HE-14 $8
#Y-HOR-HE-15 $8	#Y-HOR-HE-16 $8	#Y-HOR-HE-17 $8	#Y-HOR-HE-18 $8
Horse head Soapstone- Large 2-7/8" tall
	#Y-HOR-HE-403 $27		#Y-HOR-HE-405 $27

KANGAROO
Kangaroo Soapstone- Average 1.5" tall or long
#Y-KAN-6 $8		#Y-KAN-16 $8
	#Y-KAN-24 $8	#Y-KAN-25 $8	#Y-KAN-26 $8
#Y-KAN-27 $8	#Y-KAN-28 $8	#Y-KAN-29 $8	#Y-KAN-30 $8
#Y-KAN-31 $8	#Y-KAN-32 $8
A lion kangaroo?

KOALA
Soapstone- Average 1.5" tall or long
#Y-KOA-9 $8	#Y-KOA-10 $8	#Y-KOA-11 $8	#Y-KOA-12 $8
#Y-KOA-16 $8	#Y-KOA-17 $8	#Y-KOA-18 $8	#Y-KOA-22 $8
#Y-KOA-23 $8	#Y-KOA-25 $8	#Y-KOA-26 $8	#Y-KOA-27 $8
KOALAS endure HEAT & WATER CRISIS (2009) AT 120 DEGREES IN AUSTRALIA , IT WAS SO HOT FOR A WEEK THAT KOALAS WERE ASKING PEOPLE FOR WATER. IT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE. ONE WENT TO A HOUSE TO TRY TO HIDE FROM THE HEAT AND TO GET A BIT OF SHADE AND HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE OWNER GAVE HIM SOMETHING TO DRINK. (Email dated 11/17/09 from customers in Australia) Hi Heidi and Glenn - Here's something to cheer you up for your coming winter. The date on the photos is January 2009, at the height of last summer's stinking heat wave. Yesterday was the first day of cooler temps for nearly 2 weeks - ugh - and now another 2 days of 105 F. Local news last week carried an item about a wild koala (remember, they're NOT bears) that scratched at a front door in the Adelaide suburbs and simply marched into the kitchen for a drink. It hasn't left the front porch and its water bowl since....amazing, in 40 years I've never heard of this before. You don't want to try to pick up a wild koala if you value your hide - those claws are sharp for tree climbing and they're strong little devils. Your website is amazing - you never sit still! Is there anywhere you haven't been? We have a dream to do the Inside Passage trip one day, especially since we're in the middle of this stupid heat wave - and no rain for 3 weeks. We're in the driest state on the driest continent - humidity today is 5% - as soon as you finish hanging out a normal laundry load, the first bits are dry. Everybody lives around the edges, but the Outback has it's own beauty. Stunning colors. Hope you get a chance to visit - let us know. Cheers Louise and Peter "Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened."
Louise & Peter also shared these photos and comments, dated 11/17/09 "Jacaranda trees put out blossoms first then leaves - the roads become purple carpets!"
According to the above information on the koalas, the photographs are authentic and depict a real event. According to a February 5 article published in The Age, the baby koala, dubbed "Star" because of her rising Internet fame, wandered into a family home during a heatwave in the Australian state of Victoria. The article notes: A family in Maude, near Geelong, photographed the young female koala taking a dip after finding her on their verandah, shaking and distressed. Images of the dehydrated koala bathing in a bucket of water have circulated around Australia, New Zealand and Britain. Tracey Young's 10-year-old nephew, Tom Durren, and his sister, Kate, 6, discovered the koala on Friday when temperatures reached the high 40s (C.). Mrs. Young said that the koala climbed into the bucket of its own accord and stayed there for about twenty minutes. A wildlife carer who later took the koala to her property for ongoing care explained that the baby may have been abandoned by its mother because of the heatwave. She added that it is not unusual for koalas to "take a dip" during hot weather. Victoria certainly did experience a very severe heatwave during January and February 2009 that resulted in power outages and transport delays. Tragically, the severe heat in Victoria, along with other adverse conditions, contributed to the Victoria Bushfire Disaster. Many people were killed and whole townships destroyed as the fires raged through rural communities in Victoria. Wildlife was also severely affected by the fires with massive destruction of natural habitat and the death or injury of millions of animals. Another koala, dubbed "Sam" has also become quite famous after footage of her being give water out of bottle by a fire fighter was aired on TV news. Sam has rapidly become a symbol for hope amid the chaos caused by the disaster.

LADYBUG
Ladybug - Ladybug on leaf Soapstone- Average 1.5" tall or long
#Y-LAD-4 $8	#Y-LAD-6 $8	#Y-LAD-10 $8	#Y-LAD-11 $8
#Y-LAD-13 $8	#Y-LAD-17 $8	#Y-LAD-19 $8	#Y-LAD-20 $8
#Y-LAD-21 $8	#Y-LAD-22 $8
Ladybug Soapstone- Average 1.5" tall or long
#Y-LAD-50 $8	#Y-LAD-51 $8	#Y-LAD-52 $8
#Y-LAD-54 $8	#Y-LAD-55 $8	#Y-LAD-56 $8	#Y-LAD-57 $8
#Y-LAD-58 $8	#Y-LAD-59 $8

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