5x Scottish stones - Highland Marble, Skye Marble, Iona Marble, Lewisian Gneiss & Jasper

A collection of 5 Scottish stones, you will receive 1 each of Iona Marble, 1x Skye Marble, 1x Highland Marble, 1x Lewisian Gneiss and 1x Jasper.
Ideal for decoration in the house or simply as a beautiful collector's item in a stone collection.

Scottish Lewisian
Scottish Lewisian comes from the islands of Lewis, Harris and the northern Highlands.
The raw material is collected by hand and forms the bedrock of Scotland and is one of the oldest rocks in the world, estimated to be 3 billion years old (3,000,000,000 years old!)!
Lewisian Gneiss, as the group of rocks is called, is composed of various minerals such as feldspar, quartz and epidote and this combination of minerals also gives the Lewisian its great colors and structures.
Even the earliest cultures in Scotland used the Lewisian to build important monuments such as stone circles and sacred sites

Scottish Highland Marble
Scottish marble is quarried by hand in the Highlands and on the islands of Iona, Mull, and Skye. Often, diving into the cold Atlantic is necessary to access the exposed veins of the marble.
Each piece of marble is sorted, cut, ground and polished by hand.
On the Scottish islands, green marble has long been considered a lucky stone, and the fishermen of the islands of Iona never leave the harbor without their lucky stone in their pockets.

Scottish Skye marble
Skye Marble
Skye marble comes from the Scottish island of Skye in the Inner Hebrides, where it is mined in a small quarry in the shadow of the Cullin Hills.
Only about 1 kg of every 1000 kg of mined material can be processed into jewelry and the workable pieces are collected by hand on the Isle of Skye.
The marble was formed about 500 million years ago and shows a wide variety of colors, with blue, yellow and pink being particularly rare and sought after.
Most pieces of Skye marble consist of a mixture of green or black serpentinite mixed with white or grey limestone.
The limestone was formed millions of years ago from the remains of shells and corals.

Scottish Iona Marble
Each piece of Iona marble is collected by hand near the island of Iona in Scotland, requiring dives in the cold waters of the Atlantic to access the veins of the marble.
Iona marble is also known as the sacred stone of Columbanus and the small pebbles of Iona marble that can be found on the beach are also called Columbanus' tears.
Iona marble has been used to make jewelry on the island of Iona for centuries and is said to bring good luck and protect against shipwreck and fire.
The island's fishermen are said to never leave the harbor without their lucky stone in their pockets.

Scottish Red Jasper
Each piece of jasper is hand-picked from various locations on the east coast of Scotland.
Jasper is a microcrystalline variety of quartz and gets its red color from inclusions of iron, and Scottish jasper also contains white quartz and hematite.
Jasper has been highly valued as a gemstone since ancient times and remains one of the most popular gemstones in the world today.