80g Terahertz Skull – Lohengrin, Silver Knight, Swan Knight – 5.0 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm Skull- 80 g
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Terahertz skull-shaped meteorite named Terahertz Schädel – Lohengrin, Silberner Ritter, Schwanenritter, made from synthetic Terahertz material on a silicon basis, origin Japan, 5.0 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm, 80 g.
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On the banks of the Scheldt near Antwerp stood Elsa of Brabant before the King's court. Friedrich von Telramund accused her of murdering her young brother Gottfried, and no one stepped forward to fight for her. Then a skiff glided up, drawn by a swan. In it stood, as Richard Wagner describes, a knight “in brilliant silver armor, helmet on his head, shield on his back,” leaning on his sword.
This skull carries that armor. Mirror-smooth polished, it shines in cool silvery gray with a blueish tinge like steel in the first morning light. No markings distract from its form. Only on the left cheek, the cheekbone, and the temple lies a delicate bronze hue over the silver, like the trace of a long journey.
The stranger offered to fight for Elsa and take her as his wife, under a single condition: “Never shall you question me, nor trouble yourself with knowledge of where I came from, nor what my name and origin are!” He defeated Telramund, and Elsa became his wife. But doubt gnawed at her, and on the wedding night she asked the forbidden question. Now the knight had to confess before king and people who he was: Lohengrin, son of Parzival, Knight of the Grail from the distant castle Montsalvat. A Grail knight may stay only as long as no one knows who he is. Then the swan transformed back into the missing Gottfried, and a Grail dove carried Lohengrin’s skiff away.
The base material of this skull is silicon, after oxygen the second most abundant element in Earth's crust. In nature it never occurs free, but always bound, in quartz, in sand, and in countless silicates. Only in 1824 did Jöns Jacob Berzelius recognize it as a distinct element. It has always been there, everywhere, yet remained long undiscovered.
Material: Terahertz (Trade name): synthetically produced material on a silicon basis with a metallic silvery-gray shine
Origin: synthetically produced (Japan)
Dimensions: 5.0 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Weight: 80 g
Special features: Mirror-smooth high-gloss polish with a cool, blue-gray-silvery luster; delicate bronze-brown shimmering zones especially on the left cheek, cheekbone, and temple
Seller's Story
Ich lasse mich immer wieder von der Schönheit der Natur überraschen und berühren. Mineralien und Edelsteine empfinde ich als Verkörperung jener Perfektion und Harmonie, die allem Sein zugrunde liegt. In ihnen verdichtet sich die Essenz der Erde – kristallisiert für die Ewigkeit und doch in jedem Stück einzigartig.
Jedes Mineral, das ich anbiete, ist von mir persönlich ausgewählt. Nicht nach bloßem Glanz, sondern nach dem Gefühl von Wahrhaftigkeit, das es in mir hervorruft. So findet nur das seinen Weg in meine Hände – und weiter in Ihre –, was ich selbst als würdig empfinde, in seiner Schönheit weitergereicht zu werden.
In meinem Handeln leiten mich Ehrlichkeit, Sorgfalt und die Freude am Teilen dieser Schätze. Ich verstehe mich dabei weniger als Händler, sondern vielmehr als Vermittler zwischen der Natur und den Menschen, die bereit sind, ihre Geschenke mit Achtsamkeit anzunehmen.
On the banks of the Scheldt near Antwerp stood Elsa of Brabant before the King's court. Friedrich von Telramund accused her of murdering her young brother Gottfried, and no one stepped forward to fight for her. Then a skiff glided up, drawn by a swan. In it stood, as Richard Wagner describes, a knight “in brilliant silver armor, helmet on his head, shield on his back,” leaning on his sword.
This skull carries that armor. Mirror-smooth polished, it shines in cool silvery gray with a blueish tinge like steel in the first morning light. No markings distract from its form. Only on the left cheek, the cheekbone, and the temple lies a delicate bronze hue over the silver, like the trace of a long journey.
The stranger offered to fight for Elsa and take her as his wife, under a single condition: “Never shall you question me, nor trouble yourself with knowledge of where I came from, nor what my name and origin are!” He defeated Telramund, and Elsa became his wife. But doubt gnawed at her, and on the wedding night she asked the forbidden question. Now the knight had to confess before king and people who he was: Lohengrin, son of Parzival, Knight of the Grail from the distant castle Montsalvat. A Grail knight may stay only as long as no one knows who he is. Then the swan transformed back into the missing Gottfried, and a Grail dove carried Lohengrin’s skiff away.
The base material of this skull is silicon, after oxygen the second most abundant element in Earth's crust. In nature it never occurs free, but always bound, in quartz, in sand, and in countless silicates. Only in 1824 did Jöns Jacob Berzelius recognize it as a distinct element. It has always been there, everywhere, yet remained long undiscovered.
Material: Terahertz (Trade name): synthetically produced material on a silicon basis with a metallic silvery-gray shine
Origin: synthetically produced (Japan)
Dimensions: 5.0 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Weight: 80 g
Special features: Mirror-smooth high-gloss polish with a cool, blue-gray-silvery luster; delicate bronze-brown shimmering zones especially on the left cheek, cheekbone, and temple
Seller's Story
Ich lasse mich immer wieder von der Schönheit der Natur überraschen und berühren. Mineralien und Edelsteine empfinde ich als Verkörperung jener Perfektion und Harmonie, die allem Sein zugrunde liegt. In ihnen verdichtet sich die Essenz der Erde – kristallisiert für die Ewigkeit und doch in jedem Stück einzigartig.
Jedes Mineral, das ich anbiete, ist von mir persönlich ausgewählt. Nicht nach bloßem Glanz, sondern nach dem Gefühl von Wahrhaftigkeit, das es in mir hervorruft. So findet nur das seinen Weg in meine Hände – und weiter in Ihre –, was ich selbst als würdig empfinde, in seiner Schönheit weitergereicht zu werden.
In meinem Handeln leiten mich Ehrlichkeit, Sorgfalt und die Freude am Teilen dieser Schätze. Ich verstehe mich dabei weniger als Händler, sondern vielmehr als Vermittler zwischen der Natur und den Menschen, die bereit sind, ihre Geschenke mit Achtsamkeit anzunehmen.
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80g Terahertz Skull – Lohengrin, Silver Knight, Swan Knight – 5.0 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
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Skull
Weight
80 g
Country of origin
Japan
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