Gobi Desert Agate Large | Desert Eyes

⚖️ Weight: 107gms 

📏 Size: H 5.5cm x L 4.1cm x W 4.2cm  

🌎 Source: Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia

🔮 Gobi Desert Agate: The Stone Of Grounding and Protection

❤️💛💚 Root Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra, Heart Chakra

This unusual extra-large Gobi Desert Agate immediately caught our attention for the prominent natural “eye” formation sitting at the top of the specimen, surrounded by a number of smaller eye-like formations appearing across its surface.

The largest eye rises almost like a rounded cap, displaying distinct concentric layers of warm ochre, cream, grey and earthy brown. Around the body, smaller rounded and oval formations emerge from the surface, each with its own subtle banding and shape. Once you spot the first few, you inevitably start turning the piece around looking for the next one.

These eye-like patterns are a natural result of the Agate's layered growth. Agate is a microcrystalline form of Quartz, predominantly composed of chalcedony, and develops as silica-rich material is deposited in successive layers. In some specimens, those layers form around particular growth centres, producing the concentric circular and orbicular markings collectors often refer to as “eyes”.

Gobi Agates are associated with the vast Gobi Desert region of northern China and Mongolia, where prolonged exposure to harsh desert conditions can naturally weather and polish their surfaces. Unlike conventionally polished Agate, much of their appeal lies in the natural exterior, unusual shapes and patterns created during formation and subsequently revealed through weathering.

We selected this piece in China from a vendor specialising predominantly in Gobi Agate and Hubei Agate, and it was the combination of its substantial size and multiple eye formations that made this one particularly hard to leave behind.

Metaphysically, Agate is traditionally associated with grounding, stability and balance. Eye Agates have also long been connected symbolically with protection and watchfulness, making those naturally occurring circular formations particularly appealing beyond their geological interest.

But for us, the fascination is really in the stone itself. One large eye immediately draws you in, then all those smaller eyes slowly begin revealing themselves around the specimen. It is exactly the kind of Gobi Agate that becomes more interesting the longer you look at it. 🤎

🌠✨ Unique & Collectible ✨🌠

For Collectors of rare and unique crystals and for anyone that likes beautiful pieces around the home to add to the beauty and energy of your space.

Niome and I have been delving deeper and deeper into this part of our business for our own pleasure and collection but also for you to add to yours.

We spend countless hours developing relationships and connections with all our suppliers who are aligned with our love for all things crystal and through this process we have been able to acquire some amazing, beautiful pieces.

For us, collectible crystals are not an outlay but rather an investment. Whether the investment is for staging and uplevelling your homes energy, your energy and your homes décor or you see the value within a piece itself.

A piece that you may see today for a certain price may be a completely different price in 5-10 years’ time as everything comes to an end at some point, even certain varieties of crystals. This has been said to both Niome and myself from various friends within the industry and we have taken note.

Then there are crystals that have a delicate structure like Scolecite with their acicular fine needles shooting out from their matrix. Such delicate specimens and when you think about first the care within the handling that’s gone into first mining them, to then shipping them all around the world, my hat goes off to them.

The pieces we have in stock are pieces that truly have been cared for through all the processes it took for them to reach us.

Here are a few things to consider and even research when looking at collectible crystals for yourself -

✨ The size of a certain crystal can be a factor as to whether it’s considered a collectible piece and can vary depending on the crystal type.

✨ larger pieces have been around for a lot longer so to find a larger piece in a specific crystal can be an amazing investment. While smaller crystals depending on the stone itself might be of the rarer variety or the quality is outstanding, therefore it’s amazing it was even found.

✨ If it is a fragile and delicate crystal and has not sustained any damage or minor damage.

✨ Quality of course comes into it as you can have some amazing fluorite and then you have some beautiful gem like Fluorite which is quite rare, especially Blue Fluorite

✨ Specific crystals formed and still on their matrix opposed to polished and carved pieces etc of the same crystal. This can be the game changer between an incredible piece and a collectible piece.

In the end it comes down to what you are drawn too and what is drawn to you. The bonus is when you buy a collectible crystal it becomes a physical investment and will only grow in value in the years to come.

What will your next investment be?