And sometimes this happens…

Orange calcite has a ton of natural fracture points so this was always a possibility. Luckily I’m almost done with the rough shaping and I think I can save it with some epoxy before moving on to the details and polishing…

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Ah, sorry to see the fracture...🫂

Hope you're able to recover.🙏🏻

Oh noooo! Fingers crossed on the fix!

Dang, I was really looking forward to this one.

I’ve already re-attached the broken piece with a transparent epoxy… I haven’t gotten back to carving it yet, but I think the fix will be invisible once it’s done. We’ll see..

Imperfections may add beauty and integrity; an open flame often loses contact with the base fire.