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The Mud Rock Collection

The ‘Mud Rock’ is a name given for a Honeycomb Calcite boulder that was the ugly duckling of a pile of quarried stone. I was apparent from a visual inspection that for this particular Honeycomb Calcite boulder, clay and rock conglomerated with the calcium carbonate at the time of formation millions of years ago. When examining the boulder, I knew there was an area of Honeycomb Calcite under the mud top. I wasn’t sure if the ancient clay and rock inclusions would be such a large percentage, that the time and expense of coring cylinders would be worth the effort. But I was too curious to see how artistically nature formed the cell structure of the calcite at the boundary with the clay. I decided that due to the density, that a few samples of thin-walled cylinders should be cored to test the yield of the piece.

The first few samples were spectacular, so the entire piece was ‘cored’ and thirteen one-of-a-kind “Mud Rock Collection” cylinders were produced. This collection features thirteen beautifully unique cylinders from the Mud Rock and are available for purchase. The photographs below provide a visual description where words fall short. The item number, size (diameter and hight) and price (not including shipping) is provided for each piece. All sizes are approximate.