4.4" Blue Chalcedony Hand Carved Crystal Polished Stone

A stone cut from a single block of blue chalcedony, 4.4 inches, 1062 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 1100070
Material 100% natural blue chalcedony
Size 3.2 × 3.1 × 4.4 in (82 × 78 × 111 mm)
Weight 1062 g