102 g world rarity with greenish-blue crystal rays of...

102 g Astrophyllite, a very rare and fascinating gemstone: a specimen with metallic blue crystal rays 5.10 x 3.90 x 3.40 cm Kola Peninsula - Khibiny and Lovozero Massifs - hard to obtain today Rarity from natural astrophyllite with fantastically beautiful blue-green crystalline rays - blue-green astrophyllite crystals are extremely rare Anatomically hyperrealistically worked natural astrophyllite skull - Anatomy piece - blue-green ray-like crystals - visible in daylight, especially good under lighting, for example with a mobile flashlight - the photos were taken partly with, partly without illumination The rare MAGICAL "Star Stone" from Russia Carved single piece in artisanal perfection Interesting mineralogical structure of the skull - the stone shows a fine blue-green metallic ray-like shimmer under appropriate lighting To the Siberian shaman, astrophyllite was the stone of the otherworld, which establishes the relationship to the afterlife and connects with the spirits of ancestors and animal souls. Warriors of the ancient Rus region used it to be undefeated in battle.

Estimate:£0.84

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