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4" Emerald Hand Carved Crystal Snake

4" Emerald Hand Carved Crystal Snake

Regular price $568.65 USD
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What you are buying

  • Natural rough only
  • Never dyed or treated
  • Carved from one block
  • Cut by hand, not moulded
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A snake cut from a single block of emerald, 4 inches, 236 g.

A green beryl-family stone, carved rather than faceted, so it is judged on colour and body rather than on clarity. Inclusions are expected in carving-grade material and are what distinguish natural stone from glass.

The difficulty in an animal figure is mass rather than detail: getting the shoulder, haunch and neck to carry weight convincingly while staying within the block the carver started from.

Item ID 3100548
Material 100% natural emerald
Size 2.4 × 1.4 × 4.1 in (62 × 35 × 105 mm)
Weight 236 g

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Ships worldwide. This piece is held at our workshop and ships internationally.

  • One of a kind

    Every carving is cut from its own block of rough. The photographs on this page show the exact piece you will receive — not a sample from the same batch.

  • Natural stone, untreated

    100% natural stone, never dyed or reconstituted. Veins, inclusions and small shifts in colour are how the material formed; they are marks of origin rather than faults.

  • Carved by hand

    Cut, shaped and polished by hand. Proportions differ a little from piece to piece because each one follows the block it came out of.

  • Checked and packed

    Hand-inspected before dispatch and shipped in shockproof packaging.