Free-form Polished Sculptures - Rhyolite

These smooth, highly polished semi-precious stones are formed into a sculptural shape to allow the beauty of the stone to be revealed.

Rain forest jasper is a type of rhyolitic lava, associated with volcanic activity. Gas bubbles are trapped in the lava during solidification. These are later filled with silicate materials like agate, jasper and quartz. The colours found in this rhyolite are green, brown, red and cream.

As a healing stone, it helps express confidence and a loving nature. It also assists in placing the influence of others into perspective and calms the soul through the heart. In antiquity, rhodonite was given to travelers as a protective stone, it was said to warn them of imminent danger by causing the heartbeat to accelerate suddenly.