Snowflake Obsidian - Mexico

Snow?! In May! No - it's Obsidian from Mexico, the crystals formed in the cooling glassy material and made pretty snowflakes in black volcanic glass! Excellent! It's a pretty pendant in the form shown here. light enough for everyday use but eye-catchingly bright. It's sure to raise comments!

It's typically splintery to work - a factor of it's vitreous nature, but it's soft and machines quickly so it's easy to get a shape and pre-form done. Take your time when polishing however as the material shows every fault in your polishing process - miss a patch adn your exposed! the finished 25x18mm cabochon was set in a silver plated commercial setting.

25x18mm Snowflake Obsidian - Mexico