Labradorite Collection

Labradorite Ganesha idols, angel figurines and heart crystals. Eight products in this collection.

About the stone

Labradorite is the one stone in a crystal collection whose signature effect is genuinely, physically real and has a name: labradorescence. The stone is a feldspar that separated into microscopically thin alternating layers as it cooled. Light entering the stone reflects off those layers and interferes with itself, and the colours you see — usually blue and green, sometimes gold or violet — are interference colours, the same physics as oil on water or a soap bubble. They are not pigment. Turn the piece and they vanish, because the effect depends entirely on the angle between the light, the layers and your eye.

It was first described on the Isle of Paul in Labrador in 1770, which is where the name comes from. Most material today is from Madagascar and Finland.

This matters when you buy: photographs are always taken at the angle where the flash is strongest. Your piece will show the same flash, but only when you catch it right. A piece that looks grey from the front is behaving normally.

Care

Feldspar has cleavage planes and will split along them if struck, so labradorite chips more easily than its hardness suggests. Wipe with a soft dry cloth, keep it out of prolonged water, and store it where it will not knock against harder stones.

What this is, and what it isn't

Labradorite is a feldspar with an optical layering effect. Crystals have a long place in tradition and in ritual practice, and that is the spirit in which we sell them. There is no peer-reviewed evidence that any stone treats, cures or prevents a medical condition, changes your finances, or alters the physical energy of a room. Nothing on this page is medical, psychological or financial advice.