I just took a quick look at this (the site), looks interesting, thanks
from Garry
On the cooyotte we see the veines of the stone look fragil.
Both the coyote and the fountain are cantera, yea and it has these "veins" that are extremely hard, the rest of the material is soft, allthough it can be pretty, it is extremely "problamatic" when working with it, crumbles, falls apart, it is fragil.
The veins, are sort of like threads, and like a knitted sweater, when they get "cut" or broken, the whole thing starts to "unravel", or in the stones case fall apart,..
from Garry