Lapis Lazuli Rough Specimen – Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Sourced directly from the legendary deposits of Badakhshan, this 285g unpolished specimen offers a raw look into the heart of the earth. The fine-grained lazurite matrix exhibits a deep, saturated indigo-to-ultramarine core, showing off the stone's true texture before any lapidary alteration.

The specimen features a highly compact, blocky silhouette measuring 7.0 cm by 6.0 cm across, giving it a powerful, dense visual footprint that displays beautifully on a shelf. What makes this piece truly exceptional for its width is its massive 3.8 cm depth. This thick, near-equant profile gives it incredible three-dimensional volume and a heavy, satisfyingly substantial visual weight from every angle. Across its raw, texturized surfaces, veins of brilliant metallic golden Pyrite and pathways of white calcite are dynamically exposed in their natural state, mirroring a dramatic, rugged "starry night" landscape. It serves as an ideal piece for collectors who appreciate unrefined mineral aesthetics, lapidary artists looking for dense carving material, or as a natural, earth-born focal piece for your workspace.