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Stichtite
Hill is a mine owned By Mike and Elenor Phelan in conjunction
with Tom Kapitany .
In
1998 after seeing some samples in Mike Phelans collection, Tom
convinced Mike and Elenor to peg a mining licence over the area.
He saw the potential of the green serpentine and the purple stichtite
as a unique stone for carving. We now call this stone Atlantasite.
We have had sphere eggs, tumbled stones and an array of animals
carved from this stone.
The
initial mine was dug by hand by Mike and Elanor and is no larger
than a small room, 10 ft by 15 ft. Only a small percentage of
the stone extracted is suitable for manufacturing, selected pieces
are loaded into plastic drums cut in half and dragged down the
hill by hand to be loaded into the vehicle. to be continued !!!
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