#lapidary

[jadeseadragon]

"This incredibly stunning 51.3 ct Tanzanite carved by multi Award winning Lapidary Artist @dalanhargrave won a 2021 Spectrum Award."

[letmeinimafairy]

Two new carved horses, a commission for @blue-spectors, granite pebble and coral fossil fragment

[dozydawn]

[desimonewayland]

A Banded Agate Snuff Bottle 1750-1850 The pale, transparent stone is encircled at the center by parallel white bands and the neck has been carved to suggest the folds of a cinched purse. The base is incised with a two-character mark, zhen wan (precious plaything). Pink tourmaline stopper.

Christie's

[srlgemstone]

Fluorescent Tube Agate

Peanuts :) Crystal Agate

Flame Agate

Sagenite Agate

Agate Pair Lot

[old-powwow-days]

Inherited Legacies by Darby Raymond-Overstreet

Currently showing as part of the Nizhónígo Hadadít’eh, They are Beautifully Dressed exhibition through September 29nth 2024

[mineralsandsomerocks]

Faceted Tri-Colour Axinite (1 Carat)

Locality: Jumair Ali Mine, Parachinar, Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan

[dullgecko]

This week's stone - agate

[jadeseadragon]

Repost @dalanhargrave

"Citrine - Lion’s Domain- 125.34 CTs, 36.6 x 35 x 11.8 mm. This piece features a Lion, lioness drinking and three cubs playing beside a pond of water."

[letmeinimafairy]

Experimenting with river pebbles - the shape of this one reminded me of horse's head, so. Carving it with my tiny 9 watt graver was an exercise in humility but you can't fight the need to make things. Tried to give it this rustic vibe of an amulet of sorts.

[yousadclownofaman]

Have some photos of this pipe I carved

[dozydawn]

[desimonewayland]

A Duan ‘Clouds and River’ ink stone signed by Nianqu, late Qing-early Republic Period

Christie's

[srlgemstone]

Smiley Lizards

Thunder Egg

[gawrkin]

Gems and their associated supernatural properties

(From Magic and the Supernatural in Medieval English Romance by Corinne J. Saunder)

(Link to a previous post here) So, to list some of it down:

Amethyst - prevents drunkeness

Emerald - inceases intelligence, gives prophetic powers, refreshes eyes and also act as mirrors

Amber - used in medicine

Jet - drives away snakes, detects possessed people and virginity

Asbestos - gives poison resistance

Memphitis - anasthetic

Selenite - affected by the phases of the Moon

Diamond - protects against poison, witchcraft and fear

Astrion - prevents wounds in battle

Onyx - induces sorrow and debate,

Topaz - allows water flow

Chalcedony - prevents hallucination

Opal - grants Invisibility

[thelapidarylass]

Turritella (Elimia) Agate under microscope!

It’s filled with freshwater snail, Elimia tenera, fossils formed about 50 million years ago, and the brown color of this agate comes from miniscule seed shrimp, or Ostracod, fossils packed all around and in the shells.