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Kauri Gum (resin or copal)
Some wonderful examples of our kauri gum or
resin.
Wow! 76lbs of kauri gum - what a beauty. You can see this in
our Gallery now. Possibly the 2nd biggest piece of kauri gum on display in New
Zealand. Around 30,000 years buried and recovered from a local swamp near our
Gallery, Dargaville, Kauri Coast, Northland, NZ
The following pieces of kauri gum/resin/copal are for sale. Please
quote the reference number of the pieces below when enquiring. The clear
kauri gum hasn't been buried in the swamp. The milky gum has been buried
and the moisture makes it cloudy - they say over time the milky gum will become
clear.
The price of NZ Kauri gum (resin/copal) goes by the grade. The
more clear and more featured determines the price - not always the size of the
piece of gum.
Price is NZdollars -to convert to US$ x.the NZ$amount by
.62 or UKPound x.32
(approx exchange rate)
Faith and her daughter from Canada learning how to polish
kauri gum.
Rick (in the hat) plus the resident of the shanty watching on.
WOW a new piece of kauri gum
AND WITH A PINK KAURI LEAF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
TO BE SEEN
PRICE NZ$5,000
this piece of kauri gum is full of dark brown kauri leaf when
looking into it
photo blow shows a side view looking into the kauri gum
and you can see the start of the pink leaf
Polished by Rick Taylor
NEW KAURI GUM FORSALE BELOW
large lump of New Zealand Kauri gum /
photos below / polishing gum 1-1/2kgs
price NZ$550-00 PLUS POSTAGE
LARGE LUMP OF NEW ZEALAND KAURI GUM /
PHOTO BELOW / POLISHING GUM
Price NZ$550-00 PLUS POSTAGE
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| Ref Gum 1 -perhaps been in a fire
SOLD |
Ref Gum 2 -very clear
NZ$2500 |
Ref Gum 3 - very clear NZ$2500 |
Rick the kauri gum polisher 1
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Rick the kauri gum polisher 2
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Rick the kauri gum polisher 3
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| Ref Gum 4 - very clear NZ$2500 |
Ref Gum 5 - very clear NZ$2500 |
Ref Gum 6 - almost amber
sold |
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Resin from the Kauri Tree which is stored within the tree to
heal any damaged parts of the kauri tree.
Kauri gum was retrieved by "gum diggers" back over a hundred
years ago and was shipped by sailing ships to England (Appely Bridge, Wigan) and
other parts of the world and processed in to a varnish or polish. The trees
were also "bleed" for the gum as it became more valuable.
The gum we find today down in the swamplands is more milky in
color due to the moisture in the swamp. The kauri gum is becoming very hard to
find now. Some call it "amber" but our kauri gum is still a resin and hasn't
gone to the amber stage - needs to be millions of years old and in the right
conditions..
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Kauri gum today is polished and used for jewellery- see below
for pieces you can purchase.
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| kauri gum on display stand |
kauri gum on display stand |
kauri gum on display stand |
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NZ$485-00 |
NZ$485-00 |
NZ$ 485-00 |
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sold
sold
The kauri gum piece above is still
on sale
NOTE/ DISPLAY BOXES DO NOT COME WITH KAURI GUM PENDENTS
Please do not ring
us to find out how to polish Kauri gum
or to find out how much
your piece is worth
we dont give information
over the phone
We have a CDbook on how to polish gum selling at $85-00 plus
postage
Just email us and you can pay by credit card
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