PRODUCT INFORMATION

General Description

Verdite is a light to dark green Serpentine-like mineral dating back 3500 million years ago. This beautiful green stone of Africa is also known as Bud Stone or African Jade. Verdite is the term used for a Fuchsite based rock discovered in South Africa. It is related with Serpentine from the eastern part of Zimbabwe and South Africa. The material has been given various common names over the past few decades and has been commonly used in Zimbabwe Shona carvings for many decades. The colours of the green are variable across pieces, with often swirling or banded complex patterns due to the colour intensity changes across pieces. Fairly soft and simple to carve.

Individually carved and unique pieces which are all of the same quality and grade. Minor variable is to be expected when ordering this stock item. All items are 100% hand made and one of a kind. Size and weights presented are averaged across the batch.

The photographs are representative of either the entire stock item offered, else a representative sample of the broader batch. Variation is to be expected across individually selected batches. However, all batches / items within this stock item are fully sorted and selected accordingly to associated grade.

Product Data

Locality = Zimbabwe
Grade = Good to Very Good Grade
Size = 200 - 230 mm | 7.9 - 9.1 inch
Net Weight = 0.9 Kg | 1.9 Lbs
Product Type = Stock Item

Net Weight = 0.85 kg
SKU = ST-VERPC232023SS01