Blue Chalcedony Hand Carved Crystal Butterfly Set (4pcs)

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

Chalcedony is quartz grown too finely to show any grain, so it takes a waxy lustre rather than a glassy one and light travels a few millimetres into the surface before it stops. The pale blue reads deeper wherever the stone is thickest and washes out over thin edges, which is why the form changes as you turn it against a window.

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 4100272
Material 100% natural blue chalcedony
Size 58 × 30 × 5 in
Weight 80 g