FAIRY STONE
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Product Details
- CRYSTAL/MINERAL
- FAIRY STONE
- location
- Abitibi, Quebec, Canada
- SKU
- 142713
- DIMENSIONS
- 7.8cm x 4.3cm x 1.1cm (3.1in x 1.7in x 0.4in)
- GEOLOGICAL FORMATION
- Fairy stones are natural concretions of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO₃, as Calcite) bound with fine clay and silt. They are not crystals. They are shaped by how they grew, and the forms are rounded and smooth: discs, buns, spheres and stacked lobes that often look carved.
The Abitibi region of north-western Quebec lies on the bed of Lake Barlow-Ojibway, a vast glacial lake that formed as the ice retreated at the end of the last Ice Age, roughly 10,000 years ago. The lake laid down thick, finely layered clay. Over time, Carbonate-rich groundwater moving through that clay deposited Calcite around small nuclei, building each concretion outward in layers. The shape depends on the texture of the clay and the way the water moved through it, which is why no two are alike. The stones are found in clay banks and along river cuts, where erosion has exposed them.
Hardness is around 3 on the Mohs scale, the same as Calcite.
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FAIRY STONE
Sale priceAED 400.00