MHKA, the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, is staging an exhibition called “Melancholia: The Diamond,” in collaboration with Lars von Trier, Marianne Slot and Leonid Ogarev. The exhibition is inspired by van Trier’s film “Melancholia” (2011) and also harks back to van Trier’s days in film school when he made very first documentary about diamonds. […]

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Birmingham City University’s School of Jewellery has helped to produce two reconstructions of a high-status helmet contained within the Staffordshire Hoard. Two reconstructions of the helmet have been created, nearly ten years since the Staffordshire Hoard was discovered, and will be on public display at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and The Potteries Museum & […]

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Blade Calcite Although calcite is a common mineral, its presence in this size makes this specimen interesting. Calcite commonly occurs in ‘rhombohedron’ crystal form (a shape with six rhomb-shaped faces), however, here calcite crystals display, so-called, ‘scalenohedron’ form with sharp crystal edges, and hence the name ‘blade’ calcite is given. weight: 90,000 carats origin: USA […]

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