Item description / significance
This is a polished stone tower/obelisk/point. Dimensions: 20.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 3.41 cm. Weight 700 g. The seller labeled it as fluorite; I’m not an expert, but I’m pretty sure it’s agate.
Bought where
on Xianyu, the Chinese second-hand marketplace app
Age and origin
new
What I like about it
The color. Maybe the purple color has been added, but unlike other dyed stones I’ve seen, the purple color has the quality of natural amethyst and doesn’t look tacky. There’s a possibility the stone actually *is* natural amethyst with agate; these minerals do sometimes form together, and that would certainly explain why the purple doesn’t look like purple dye to me. If that’s what this is, this is a real treasure. But in any case, it looks great!
The texture. The white part of the tower has the translucency of milky jelly. Never seen anything like it. So satisfying!
The size. A lot of crystal towers are the size of a finger. This one has a satisfying bulk. Large surfaces permit better appreciation of color and texture.
The metaphysical properties. Just kidding! I don’t believe rocks and minerals “do” anything, except maybe give me a small dopamine boost when I look at them—which is what any decor object does. I wish more crystal websites talked about the scientific properties of crystals instead of the imaginary ones. [Sigh.]
See below for photos from the seller.
