6.9" Orange Selenite Hand Carved Realistic Skull

A realistic skull worked in orange selenite. At 6.9 inches and 3516 g it wants a shelf of its own rather than a desk corner.

Quartz carries its inclusions and internal veiling into whatever is carved from it, so light entering the polished surface scatters before it returns. That is what gives a quartz carving depth rather than flatness.

The skull is the hardest test of a carver's eye, because everyone already knows what it should look like. The passages that take the longest are the ones you notice least: the transition from temple to cheekbone, and the way the teeth meet.

Item ID 5100107
Material 100% natural orange selenite
Size 6.9 × 4.7 × 5.2 in (175 × 120 × 133 mm)
Weight 3516 g