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1" Snowflake Obsidian Pendant (Necklace) - Includes Chain
This striking snowflake obsidian pendant is a bold fusion of natural beauty and artisan craftsmanship. Handcrafted in Utah, it features a polished obsidian stone adorned with dramatic gray-white crystal patterns that resemble falling snow against a midnight sky—each one naturally formed and completely unique.
Suspended from a sleek 24" silver-plated snake chain, this pendant is ready to wear and impossible to overlook. Mysterious, eye-catching, and forged in the heart of ancient volcanic activity, it’s a powerful piece of Earth’s history you can wear around your neck.
Suspended from a sleek 24" silver-plated snake chain, this pendant is ready to wear and impossible to overlook. Mysterious, eye-catching, and forged in the heart of ancient volcanic activity, it’s a powerful piece of Earth’s history you can wear around your neck.
Snowflake obsidian is found near Sevier Lake in Millard County, Utah. It is a natural volcanic "glass" that forms when molten rock cools so quickly that that atoms do not have enough time to arrange themselves into crystals. Instead, the molten material solidifies into an amorphous solid called a glass. The "snowflakes" in the obsidian are small, white, radially clustered crystals of cristobalite, a mineral polymorph of silica.
Obsidian was important material for many ancient people. It was used for making tools, weapons, jewelry, and decorative items, and was a major barter material for Native Americans. When broken, its conchoidal fracturing results in extremely sharp edges, making it ideal for knives, scrapers, arrowheads and spearpoints. It is even occasionally used today to produce surgeons' scalpels, since the edges are several times sharper (only 3 nanometers) than the edges of steel blades.
Obsidian was important material for many ancient people. It was used for making tools, weapons, jewelry, and decorative items, and was a major barter material for Native Americans. When broken, its conchoidal fracturing results in extremely sharp edges, making it ideal for knives, scrapers, arrowheads and spearpoints. It is even occasionally used today to produce surgeons' scalpels, since the edges are several times sharper (only 3 nanometers) than the edges of steel blades.
$39
SPECIES
Obsidian with Cristobalite
LOCATION
Black Rock Desert, Millard County, Utah
SIZE
1" tall with 24" chain
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#327651
