Labradorite, Madagascar
Labradorite, Madagascar
Description
A large, full-face flash labradorite freeform with extraordinary colour coverage. Rivers of gold and green sweep across the polished face, outlined by electric blue that pools and crackles along the dark seams like lightning frozen in stone. Broad zones of silvery flash shimmer between the brighter bands, and rainbow arcs of orange and violet appear at certain angles. The whole face lights up as it moves — this is the kind of piece where the photos undersell it, because the labradorescence rolls and shifts with every tilt. At 2.4 kg, it's a substantial statement piece that stands on its own.
Labradorite's famous glow comes from within: as the mineral cooled extremely slowly deep in the Earth's crust, it separated into microscopically thin internal layers. These layers are close to the wavelength of visible light, so light entering the stone scatters between them and returns as flashes of blue, gold, green, and silver — an effect so distinctive it's named labradorescence after the stone itself. Madagascar, the world's leading source, is especially known for large freeforms with this multi-colour flash.
Labradorite is called the stone of transformation and magic, associated with intuition, protection, and revealing the hidden beneath ordinary surfaces, a fitting reputation for a grey stone that erupts into colour the moment light finds it.
You will receive the exact piece photographed.
Details
- Mineral: Labradorite (plagioclase feldspar)
- Origin: Madagascar
- Size: approx. 6 × 6.3 × 2 in
- Weight: 2.4 kg (5.3 lb)
- Finish: Polished freeform, self-standing
- Flash: Gold, green, electric blue, and silver with rainbow accents
- Condition: Natural seams and inclusions consistent with formation
Note
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