Spectrolite Finland

Spectrolite FinlandSpectrolite. The look of an almost black obsidian until the light hits it just right and then. all bets are off! The story behind spectrolite is amazing! Initially described by a Finnish geologist in the late 1800's, he spent his life trying to discover the source locality of the material; until his son, Pekka, discovered it building trenches in WWII. After the war it became a significant local industry. It now is the one of the most sought after

From Arizona

Josephine Crown is one of the most striking metallic lapidary materials found in the American West

The look of an almost black obsidian until the light hits it just right and then

The result is a pendant that blends geology

with bright metallic minerals suspended within the quartz

nature inspired appearance

Septarian Nodules are fossilized mud bubbles that formed between 50 and 70 million years ago

and a touch of mythology—a modern shield inspired by ancient stories

Then the waters came

A perfect pop of color

There are many grade variants of Larimar

The emeralds at the mine occur in a pegmatite vein approximately five feet wide with well defined walls