Handmade by Teotihuacan Artisans in Mexico, Imitation malaquite ground stone compressed with catalysts (resins).
The Aztec Calendar also known as The STONE OF THE SUN.
Discovered on December 17, 1790, is a block of olivine basalt that measures 3.60 meters diameter, thickness of 122 centimeters a total weight is around 24 tons.
The monolith is arranged with a succession of concentric rings that have elements related to time, for example, it DESCRIBES THE DURATION OF THE MONTHS, the number of days that a year contained and the DURATION OF THE MEXICAN CENTURIES.
The stone disc there are also stripes and points arranged outwards that denote FOUR DIRECTIONS AND MOVEMENTS OF THE SUN.
The center of the monolith is CARVED THE FACE OF TONATIUH, known to the Aztecs as the FIFTH SOLAR GOD (his name means tona: make sun, tiuh: go) and who was the leader of heaven.
Experts in the field, both foreigners and Mexicans, affirm that IT IS MUCH MORE EXACT THAN THE JULIAN