7.2" Amethyst Druse Agate Hand Carved Mineral Specimen Skull and Eagle

A druse agate mineral specimen skull and eagle worked in amethyst. At 7.2 inches and 2239 g it wants a shelf of its own rather than a desk corner.

The violet comes from iron in the quartz lattice, altered over geological time by natural radiation in the surrounding rock. Because that colour formed in layers as the crystal grew, cutting through it exposes banding that no two blocks share.

Carving a skull leaves nowhere to hide — the proportions are familiar enough that any error reads immediately. Most of the working time goes into the orbits and the line of the jaw.

Item ID 3100315
Material 100% natural amethyst
Size 7.2 in
Weight 2239 g