0.32 carat spinel

In 1983 I picked up a dry juniper twig in the stark desert beauty of Utah´s Canyon Lands - a wizened sweet-smelling scrap of former life from a dead environment.
With minimal carving I made it into a sea-monster. I wanted a red eye to bring my monster to life - something brilliant and surprising - so chose a spinel for its incomparable colour, clarity and brilliance.

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