Those cannot stand upright so no idea what they are meant for. Maybe there were more pieces ant they were arranged somehow? Also, don't know if they were rough cuts that were just polished or were carved in abstractish shapes? Thanks
They appear carved and polished to me. Couldn't say why...Maybe abstract art. Or maybe someone started out carving cabochons from it, got frustrated, and decided to just polish the whole thing and sell it.
Hi, I agree they are beautiful. I had a hunk of malachite like that. Had it cut down and made into jewelry. Wish I had saved the hunk instead. greg
You might want to click on some of these links and check out pricing for similar sized lapis specimens.
The series of wars in Afghanistan has reduced the price of lapis considerably. Production used to be controlled and the prices much higher, now anything goes and the mineral, like the Blue John flourite from Derbyshire, may be mined out fairly soon.
My collection of coloured rock eggs includes a blue john example which was quite expensive, I'd add a lapis egg if I could find one.
Would I be correct to assume the Blue John will only keep getting more expensive if the supply is dwindling? That would be a nest egg for you. Oh. Now we have to figure out where Kardi's lapis came from.
In the first and third pics.....the left one sort of looks like a modern Egyptian carving and the right one has a modern car look to it!!!! Just MHO.......!!!! Regardless, they are ABSOLUTELY G O R G E O U S !!!!!!
Hi, I thought the Blue John vein was gone. I have seen where people have taken apart some large pieces and had them cut down into several smaller pieces to drive up the price. Only had one piece which was a urn base bought it for 30 bucks sold it for 200. greg