Labradorite Free Shape, 0.6 Pounds

A natural free shape. Polished but unshaped, its own outline, so no two pieces are the same.

About 0.6 lbs, roughly 2 inches. Sized to hold in the hand or to sit on a desk or altar.

The flash. Blue, gold, or green depending on the angle, which is the whole point of the stone.

• One labradorite free shape, approximately 0.6 lbs and about 2 inches tall
• Material: labradorite, sourced from Madagascar
• Note: labradorite is a feldspar and can chip along its cleavage planes; handle it gently
• The flash, shade, and shape vary piece to piece; yours will not match the photo exactly
• SKU: GFSLAB

The flash is the whole story, and it is genuinely a physical thing: light entering the stone bounces between microscopic internal layers and comes back out as color that was never in the pigment. The mineral was named in the 1770s after Labrador, where Moravian missionaries first collected it, and an Inuit legend holds that the northern lights were once trapped in the rocks of that coast until a man struck them free with his spear, leaving some behind in the stone.

Labradorite has no entry in Cunningham or the older folk sources, so we leave its element and planet blank rather than inventing them. What modern crystal practice has made of it follows the flash: a stone kept for intuition and for what stays hidden until the light hits it right. Judy Hall places it at the third eye. These are contemporary attributions, and we file them as such. At this size the stone is something you keep within reach and pick up, which is the honest use for a piece whose entire virtue only appears when it moves.

1. Cleanse it on arrival with smoke or moonlight; skip salt and long soaking, since feldspar is not fond of either.
2. Pick it up and turn it. The flash is the point, and it only appears in motion.
3. Keep it on a desk or an altar within reach, rather than shelved out of the light.
4. Hold it while you sit, and let the shifting color do what shifting color does.
5. Handle it gently and store it apart from harder stones; labradorite chips along its cleavage.

• Labradorite Grade A Untumbled, 1 lb: the same stone rough, by the pound.
• Labradorite Rough Wire Cage Pendant: the same stone worn.
• Black Jade Free Shape: another free shape, for the guarding register.
• Kyanite Palm Stone: another modern stone, sized for the hand.
• White Sage Smudge Stick: the arrival cleanse.

What causes the flash?

Light bouncing between microscopic layers inside the stone, an optical effect called labradorescence, named after the mineral. It is not pigment; the color is made by the structure.

What is a free shape?

A stone polished but left in its own natural outline rather than cut to a sphere, point, or slab.

What does practice keep it for?

Intuition, and for what stays hidden until the light hits it right. These are modern crystal attributions; labradorite has no entry in Cunningham, so we assign it no element or planet. Hall places it at the third eye.

Will mine look like the photo?

Not exactly. The flash, shade, and outline vary piece to piece, so yours will be its own.

How do I care for it?

Smoke or moonlight to cleanse. Skip salt and long soaking, and handle it gently, since feldspar chips along its cleavage planes.