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4.9" Realistic, Polished Purple Aventurine Skull
This is a 4.9" wide polished skull that was formed from purple aventurine. The aventurine has been meticulously sculpted and polished into the shape of a skull. The underside of the skull and the nostrils have been hollowed-out, making the specimen closer in resemblance to a real skull.
About Aventurine
Aventurine is a shimmering, translucent to opaque variety of quartz best known for its distinctive aventurescence—a sparkling, reflective effect caused by tiny, light-scattering mineral inclusions. These inclusions, often fuchsite (a chromium-rich mica), hematite, goethite, or other metallic minerals, give aventurine its characteristic glimmer and its wide range of colors. The most common and popular form is green aventurine, colored by fuchsite, but the mineral also occurs in rich oranges, reds, blues, yellows, and even silvery whites depending on the dominant inclusions.
Geologically, aventurine forms when silica-rich fluids precipitate quartz that traps aligned or dispersed mineral platelets during crystallization. This combination of quartz’s durability and the optical effects of the inclusions produces a stone prized for both lapidary use and ornamental pieces. Aventurine is found worldwide, with notable sources in India (especially near Mysore and Chennai), Brazil, Russia, Austria, and Tanzania.
Aventurine is a shimmering, translucent to opaque variety of quartz best known for its distinctive aventurescence—a sparkling, reflective effect caused by tiny, light-scattering mineral inclusions. These inclusions, often fuchsite (a chromium-rich mica), hematite, goethite, or other metallic minerals, give aventurine its characteristic glimmer and its wide range of colors. The most common and popular form is green aventurine, colored by fuchsite, but the mineral also occurs in rich oranges, reds, blues, yellows, and even silvery whites depending on the dominant inclusions.
Geologically, aventurine forms when silica-rich fluids precipitate quartz that traps aligned or dispersed mineral platelets during crystallization. This combination of quartz’s durability and the optical effects of the inclusions produces a stone prized for both lapidary use and ornamental pieces. Aventurine is found worldwide, with notable sources in India (especially near Mysore and Chennai), Brazil, Russia, Austria, and Tanzania.
SPECIES
Aventurine
LOCATION
Unknown
SIZE
4.9" long, 3.9" tall, 3.5" wide
CATEGORY
ITEM
#116464
