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Product Description
Serpentine Stone Slab Unpolished Rock Bear Canyon Arizona
This unpolished piece of Serpentine (sometimes called Arizona Pietersite) from the Bear Canyon Mine, Sontag Creek, Bear Canyon Junction area, Gila County, Arizona, is slabbed and is 3.36 inches long by .2.5 inches wide and 8 mm thick.
It weighs .22 lbs. and is shown wet in the first 2 pictures.
This rare semiprecious stone material is known as "Arizona Pietersite" because of its superb chatoyant cat's eye effect. It has a lightening flash when light hits certain areas of it!
It has also been called Arizona Tiger's Eye.
The lapidary material is actually Serpentine and comes in several varieties-from gold to root beer to silver flash, and from green to brown Serpentine.
Serpentine is a metamorphic rock that was formed when water from magmas metamorphosed previous igneous or sedimentary rocks.
Serpentine is said to owe its name either to its serpent-like colors and patterns or from an old belief that the stones were effective protection from snake bites.
Metaphysical Properties of Serpentine: Serpentine is said to be soothing to the emotional body; allowing one to release fear of change or hardship and to look forward to the future with expectation and excitement.
