Amphibole Quartz Point | 61mm | Brazil lazurite The vivid red

The vivid red

The dazzling play-of-colour in White Opal comes from the diffraction of light through its microscopic silica spheres

which when cut and polished reveal their characteristic rings and flowing stripes

Permineralized Wood | 19cm | Zwenkau

but from the skies above

Amphibole Quartz Point | 61mm | Brazil lazurite The vivid redA substantial self standing amphibole quartz point from Brazil, with a naturally textured base and a polished upper body revealing rich iron stained inclusions throughout. The lower two thirds of the piece retains its natural, druzy surface a crust of small quartz crystals in warm honey amber and pale cream tones, giving the base a rough, organic character. The upper body transitions into a smoother, more translucent zone where warm caramel brown and