Black Obsidian Hand Carved Crystal Butterfly Set (4pcs)

A butterfly set pcs worked in black obsidian. At 58 inches and 80 g it wants a shelf of its own rather than a desk corner.

Obsidian is not a crystal at all. It is volcanic glass — lava that met air or water and cooled too fast for a lattice to form. With no internal structure it polishes to a flat true black and breaks along the curved conchoidal edge you can see wherever the carver left the surface unsmoothed.

Animal subjects are judged on stance before detail. The weight has to sit right in the legs and shoulders, because a stone animal that looks unbalanced stays looking wrong no matter how fine the surface work is.

Item ID 3100190
Material 100% natural black obsidian
Size 58 × 30 × 5 in
Weight 80 g