Volcanic molten rock Freeform - Height: 11 cm - Width: 21 cm- 1544 g - (1)
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Yunnan Iridescent Volcanic Rock meteorite in freeform shape from Yunnan, China, weighing 1544 g and measuring 11 cm high, 21 cm wide and 7 cm deep.
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> *Yunnan Volcanic Iridescent Rock – "Purple Flame Peak" – 21 cm – with Carved Hardwood Base*
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In the mountains of western Yunnan, where the sky sits low and the air smells of sulfur and hot springs, there is a volcanic landscape older than memory. The lava flows cooled long ago. The craters have grown quiet. But the stone remembers.
This is a piece of that volcanic earth — a molten rock that erupted from the depths, cooled, fractured, and over centuries became something rare. Across its dark surface, a thousand tiny crystals catch the light: deep violet, emerald, sapphire, flecks of gold. The purple is the strongest tone here, as though the stone still holds the heat of its birth.
The shape is a tall, narrow spire — 21 centimeters of vertical energy, rising to a jagged double peak. It is the tallest of its kind in this collection, slender and commanding, like a small volcanic cone lifted from its original landscape and set on a desk.
It rests on a carved hardwood base, deep reddish-brown, with openwork and leaf relief that holds the spire firmly, as though the mountain grows from it.
Turn the stone, and the colors move. At one angle it is dominated by purple. Turn it again, and green floods in. The light changes, and the stone changes with it.
This is not a polished decorative object. It is raw — rough, craggy, alive. Every texture on its surface was made by fire and time, not by a tool.
Place it near a window, where morning light can run across it. Watch the purple deepen as the sun moves.
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> *"Before the mountain stood, there was fire. Before the fire cooled, there was light. This stone holds both."*
> *Yunnan Volcanic Iridescent Rock – "Purple Flame Peak" – 21 cm – with Carved Hardwood Base*
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In the mountains of western Yunnan, where the sky sits low and the air smells of sulfur and hot springs, there is a volcanic landscape older than memory. The lava flows cooled long ago. The craters have grown quiet. But the stone remembers.
This is a piece of that volcanic earth — a molten rock that erupted from the depths, cooled, fractured, and over centuries became something rare. Across its dark surface, a thousand tiny crystals catch the light: deep violet, emerald, sapphire, flecks of gold. The purple is the strongest tone here, as though the stone still holds the heat of its birth.
The shape is a tall, narrow spire — 21 centimeters of vertical energy, rising to a jagged double peak. It is the tallest of its kind in this collection, slender and commanding, like a small volcanic cone lifted from its original landscape and set on a desk.
It rests on a carved hardwood base, deep reddish-brown, with openwork and leaf relief that holds the spire firmly, as though the mountain grows from it.
Turn the stone, and the colors move. At one angle it is dominated by purple. Turn it again, and green floods in. The light changes, and the stone changes with it.
This is not a polished decorative object. It is raw — rough, craggy, alive. Every texture on its surface was made by fire and time, not by a tool.
Place it near a window, where morning light can run across it. Watch the purple deepen as the sun moves.
>
> *"Before the mountain stood, there was fire. Before the fire cooled, there was light. This stone holds both."*
Details
Number of objects
1
Main mineral
Volcanic molten rock
Mineral form
Freeform
Weight
1544 g
Origin (region/city)
yunnan
Country of origin
China
Height
11 cm
Width
21 cm
Depth
7 cm
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