Labradorite Freeform

A freeform labradorite piece — rough on some faces, polished flat on others — that shows the mineral's defining optical phenomenon: labradorescence. As you rotate the piece through light, internal twinning planes scatter and reflect light across the blue-green-gold spectrum in flashes that appear to move within the stone.

Labradorite was named after Labrador, Canada, where it was first described in 1770 — making it one of the few gemstones named after a Canadian place. The indigenous Mi'kmaq people had known of it long before European contact, calling it firestone.

A piece to hold and rotate. The labradorescence only reveals itself in motion and changing light — still photographs never fully capture it.