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Nicedony

7.7" Orange Selenite Hand Carved Realistic Skull

7.7" Orange Selenite Hand Carved Realistic Skull

$475.15 USD
$475.15 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 realistic skull worked in orange selenite. At 7.7 inches and 4640 g it wants a shelf of its own rather than a desk corner.

Quartz carries its inclusions and internal veiling into whatever is carved from it, so light entering the polished surface scatters before it returns. That is what gives a quartz carving depth rather than flatness.

The skull is the hardest test of a carver's eye, because everyone already knows what it should look like. The passages that take the longest are the ones you notice least: the transition from temple to cheekbone, and the way the teeth meet.

Item ID 2100229
Material 100% natural orange selenite
Size 7.7 × 5.3 × 5.7 in (195 × 135 × 145 mm)
Weight 4640 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.