Obsidian
$5.50
per 8mm bead
Volcanic glass — the oldest edge humans ever made.
Obsidian is lava that cooled too fast to become a crystal, which makes it glass rather than mineral. Knapped obsidian blades are sharper than surgical steel, and people were making them long before they were writing anything down. In crystal tradition it is the boundary stone: worn to mark where you end and the rest of the day begins.
- Origin
- Mexico, Armenia
- Hardness
- 5.5 Mohs
- Bead size
- 8 mm
- Finish
- Polished
5.5 Mohs and it is glass: it scratches easily and can chip to a genuinely sharp edge. Store it alone, and retire a bead if it chips rather than wearing it.
Read the full Obsidian entry →Wrist size
A single-stone bracelet: this stone plus the $12.00 hand-strung base. Add more in the Studio.
$32.50 more earns free US shipping and a flannel pouch — keep adding stones in the Studio. Below that, shipping is calculated at checkout.
