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Page 1 - You are on Page 1: Info on Kauri tree, gum. JUMBO, XXL and XL Kauri gum specimens (2545 grams to 200 grams weight) (K-1 through 1999 series)

Page 2 Kauri gum specimens (195 to 65 grams weight) (K-2000-2999 series)

Page 3 Kauri gum Specimens (60 to 10 grams weight) (K-3000-3999 series)

Page 4 Kauri gum Specimens (Bags 500, 200, 100, 50 and 25 grams weight) (K-4000-4999 series)

Page 5 Kauri gum Specimens (polished, pendants/necklaces, chips, dust, artifacts) (K-5000-5999 series)

RARE NEW ZEALAND KAURI GUM

(Agatha australis)
(Resin, copal = young amber)

The Kauri tree is rare, and native to the North Island in New Zealand.

Resin is the sticky substance that oozes from the tree when it is in distress (stored within the tree to heal any damaged parts)

Kauri gum was dug by Gum Diggers over 100 years ago, and shipped to England for use as a varnish.

Many forests of Kauri trees were felled by two different tsunamis into valleys 10,000 to 50,000 years ago which were then covered by swamplands or sediment.

Lack of air totally preserved the trees. Due to shifting ocean shorelines, some of the Kauri trees are found in the ocean which have been carbon-dated up to 200,000 years old. The largest Kauri tree in New Zealand named Tane Mahuta is 2000 years old, located in the Waipoua Kauri Forest north of Dargoville, and is considered sacred.

These few remaining living trees are now protected, though carvers can use the deadfall or dig stumps and gum from the ground or from the swamps.

Agathis australis, commonly known by its Maori name kauri, is a coniferous tree of Araucariaceae in the genus Agathis, found north of 38 degrees S. in the northern districts of New Zealand's North Island.

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2545 grams thru 1065 grams

#K-1

2545 grams
Beautiful and huge, two-piece specimen
11-1/4” long x 9” wide x 5-5/8” tall

GIFT – NOT FOR SALE, consider SOLD

#K-5

2225 grams
9” long x 9” wide x 4-1/2” tall

$1390

#K-50

1435 grams
7-1/4” long x 6” wide x 4-5/8” tall

$896 SOLD

#K-70

1105 grams
7-1/4” long x 5-1/2” wide x 3-3/4” tall

$690 SOLD

#K-80

1065 grams
7” long x 5-1/4” wide x 4-1/4” tall

$665

XXL

905 grams thru 400 grams

#K-90

905 grams
7-1/8” long x 4-7/8” wide x 3-5/8” tall

$565

#K-100

(2 pieces), 735 grams
6” long x 4-3/8” wide x 3-1/2” tall

$459

#K-120

680 grams
6-3/8” long x 4” wide x 4-1/2” tall

$425

#K-140

665 grams
6-3/4” long x 5-3/4” wide x 3” tall

$415 SOLD

#K-150

660 grams
7-1/4” long x 5-1/8” wide x 2-3/4” tall

$412

#K-170

595 grams
6” long x 3-1/2” wide x 2-3/4” tall

$371 SOLD to Frank

#K-171

595 grams
8-3/8” long x 4-5/8” wide x 3-1/4” tall

$371

#K-190

545 grams
6-7/8” long x 4-7/8” wide x 3-1/4” tall

$340

#K-210

510 grams
5-3/4” long x 4-3/8” wide x 3-1/8” tall

$318

#K-220

505 grams
6-3/4” long x 5-1/8” wide x 1-3/4” tall

$315

#K-240

485 grams
7-3/4” long x 4-5/8” wide x 2-3/8” tall

$303

#K-250

435 grams
5-3/8” long x 3-1/4” wide x 3” tall

$271

#K-260

430 grams
4” long x 3-1/2” wide x 3” tall

$268 SOLD

#K-280

Three pieces, 400 grams
6-1/8” long x 4-5/8” wide x 1-3/4” tall

$250

XL

370 grams thru 200 grams

#K-290

370 grams
5-1/2” long x 4-1/4” wide x 2-3/8” tall

$231

#K-300

365 grams
4-3/4” long x 4-1/8” wide x 2-7/8” tall

$228

#K-301

365 grams
5-1/4” long x 3-5/8” wide x 2-1/2” tall

$228

#K-320

330 grams
5-3/8” long x 3-3/4” wide x 2-1/4” tall

$206

#K-321

330 grams
4-5/8” long x 3” wide x 2-3/4” tall

$206

#K-330

310 grams
4-1/2” long x 3-5/8” wide x 2-1/2” tall

$193 SOLD

#K-340

320 grams
5-1/8” long x 3-1/4” wide x 2-3/8” tall

$200

#K-350

290 grams
4-3/8” long x 3-7/8” wide x 3-1/4” tall

$181

#K-360

260 grams
4-7/8” long x 3-3/4” wide x 2-3/8” tall

$162

#K-361

260 grams
5-1/4” long x 3” wide x 2-1/2” tall

$162

#K-380

245 grams
5-1/8” long x 3-3/8” wide x 1-3/4” tall

$153

#K-381

245 grams
4-1/4” long x 2-5/8” wide x 3-1/8” tall

$153

#K-400

230 grams
4-7/8” long x 2-3/4” wide x 3-1/8” tall

$143

#K-401

230 grams
4-1/4” long x 3-1/4” wide x 2-5/8” tall

$143 SOLD

#K-420

220 grams
5-1/4” long x 2-3/4” wide x 2-3/4” tall

$137 SOLD

#K-421

220 grams
4-3/4” long x 3-3/4” wide x 2-1/8” tall

$137 SOLD

#K-440

215 grams
5” long x 3-3/4” wide x 2-3/8” tall

$134 SOLD

#K-441

215 grams
5-3/8” long x 2-5/8” wide x 2-7/8” tall

$134 SOLD

#K-460

210 grams
4-1/2” long x 3-3/8” wide x 2-5/8” tall

$131 SOLD

#K-461

210 grams
4” wide x 3-1/8” wide x 2-3/8” tall

$131

#K-480

205 grams
4-1/8” long x 3-1/8” wide x 2-1/8” tall

$128

#K-481

205 grams
4-3/8” long x 3-1/4” wide x 2-1/2” tall

$128

#K-482

205 grams
4-3/8” long x 2-1/2” wide x 2-5/8” tall

$128

#K-483

205 grams
4-1/8” long x 3” wide x 2-3/8” tall

$128

#K-484

205 grams
4-1/4” long x 3” wide x 2-1/4” tall

$128 SOLD

#K-500

200 grams
4-1/2” long x 3-1/2” wide x 2-1/8” tall

$125 SOLD

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