3.8" Blue Chalcedony Hand Carved Crystal Swans

A swans cut from a single block of blue chalcedony, 3.8 inches, 258 g.

This is cryptocrystalline quartz — the crystals are there but far too small to see, which gives blue chalcedony its soft, slightly greasy sheen and its translucency. Held up to a lamp the pale blue-grey lets light through at the edges while the thicker passages stay opaque.

Worked in the round from a single block, with the form chosen to suit what that block could give rather than imposed on it.

Item ID 2100064
Material 100% natural blue chalcedony
Size 3.8 × 1.6 × 2.6 in (97 × 41 × 65 mm)
Weight 258 g