Balls,eggs and pyramids

Egg yellow-brown calcite Madgaascar. Common calcium carbonate but varied in crystalline form as colors. This egg was carved from a septaria. Calcite is used in the building but also in the chemical industry. Dimensions 55x43 mm. Weight 134 gr.

Egg obsidian from Mexico. It is extracted from the mine of Mahogany. Obsidian is a volcanic rock that does not crystallize. The people of Yucatan manufactured knives sacrifice in obsidian because it was sacred to them. Dimensions 53x35 mm. Weight 85 gr.    

Egg serpentine Peru. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesium. Since Roman times it is used for the size of objects and stautettes but also for the construction. The color varies from white to green so intense sometimes it seems black. Dimensions 58x745 mm. Weight 156 gr.

Egg chrysocolla from Peru. It is found in areas of surface oxidation of the copper mines. Its color varies from turquoise to deep green. It is preferably sized cabochon for jewelry. Dimensions 40x53 mm. Weight 145 gr.

Ball of moonstone from India. Variety of orthoclase group of silicates. Chemical formula K [AlSi3O8]. Diameter 45 mm. Weight of the ball moonstone 149 gr. Sold with plexiglass base.      

Pyramid porphyry from Egypt. Group andesites contains pink feldspar crystals. Wedding porphyry: 33 years of marriage. Symbol of immortality among the Egyptians. Dimensions 42x42 mm. Weight 85 gr.    

Sepiolite egg from Turkey, Eskisehir region. It is found in nodules in the alluvium or on extract wells and galleries. It rids its matrix is then scraped cut, polished and then waxed. Sepiolite is used to size pipe because it is a mineral that does not burn. Dimensions 65x45 mm. Sold with the support sepiolite. Weight of the egg 78 gr.

Smoky quartz pyramid from the pegmatites of Brazil. Group of oxides, rare deposits. Dimensions 6x6 cm. Weight 182 gr.

Ball cut in  imperial porphyry from Egypt. This magmatic rock formation contains pink feldspar. She was worshiped by the Egyptians as a symbol of immortality. 33 years maraige: wedding porphyry. Diameter 42 mm. Weight 106 gr.

Ball of rock crystal from Brazil. Beautiful qualtié very clear quartz with some inclusions. Diameter 55 mm. Oxide group. Weight  220 gr.      

Malachite egg from Congo. Malachite is copper ore more frequent also used both as an ornamental stone. It is a hydrated copper carbonate. The color is divided into strips green intense or light green. Dimensions 60x45 mm. Weight 265 gr.

Egg porphyry from Egypt. Group andesites, igneous rock. 33 years of marriage: porphyry wedding. The Egyptians worshiped it because it was a symbol of immortality. Dimensions 50x38 mm. Weight 102 gr.

Ball of rock crystal from Brazil. Variety of quartz crystal clear and colorless. Chemical formula SiO2. Diameter 70 mm. Weight 480 gr.

Ball of rock crystal from Brazil. Good quality with clear inclusions. The most sought after stone for lithotherapy. Diameter 95 mm. Weight 1kg235.