Sotheby's A rare rock-crystal and diamond dragonfly brooch designedby JAR in 1987 is estimated at 230,000-410,000 francs. ❋ Margaret Studer (2011)
But looking into the darkness of the bottle was like looking into a geode: Shining, rock-crystal teeth glinted back at her, seared obsidian-black from the fire. ❋ Laura Bickle (2010)
She was standing in the living room next to the sunken sofa and the wall of African masks, a rack of Fijian war clubs, the large rock-crystal fish, the celadon, the paintings, the aquatints, the fine mats and baskets, the koa bowls, the Tunisian carpet, the Ming dragon of glazed porcelain. ❋ Unknown (2010)
This signed plaquette is taken from a rock-crystal plaque that formed part of a casket completed for Pope Clement VII in 1532. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In 1992, this hollow rock-crystal skull was sent to the Smithsonian anonymously. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Another tantalizing discovery was a rock-crystal seal with the image of a bull. ❋ Jan (2008)
Museums began collecting rock-crystal skulls during the second half of the nineteenth century, when no scientific archaeological excavations had been undertaken in Mexico and knowledge of real pre-Columbian artifacts was scarce. ❋ Jan (2008)
The works presented incorporate the full array of Islamic art from its origins to modern times, representing vast spans of time (seventh-nineteenth centuries), space (Western Europe to East Asia), and media (textiles; ceramics; metalwares; carved ivory, wood, rock-crystal and stone; parchment; and paper). ❋ JDsg (2006)
The two-story grand salon features silk drapes and custom-made rock-crystal chandeliers. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Pendent from the dome, flamed a mass that dazzled me — a mass, I thought, of rock-crystal, sparkling with facets, streaming with drops, ablaze with stars, and gorgeously tinged with dews of gems dissolved, or fragments of rainbows shivered. ❋ Unknown (2003)
So up they went together to the top of a very high tower, which, like the rest of the castle, was built entirely of rock-crystal. ❋ Unknown (2003)
He murmurs the Gloriosa while sunlight streams through the colored windows and stains the rock-crystal belly. ❋ Unknown (2001)
The Bedawin brought us small specimens of rock-crystal and fragments of Negro-quartz, apparently rich in metal, from a neighbouring “Maru.” ❋ Unknown (2003)
They replaced the missing eyes with perfect replicas of rock-crystal and obsidian. ❋ Smith, Wilbur (2001)
She looked for the windows she had pictured, expecting to find them glowing with sunshine; but there were no windows, only scores of rock-crystal holy lamps surmounted by long, bright flames, and a fire blazing upon the altar. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1996)
