Gemstone Carvings

These gemstone carvings are hand carved by master carvers. We use all types of semi precious gemstone materials and have carvings of all types. Mineshaft has direct contacts with several master carvers in different factories in main land China. We often use our own selected gem rough to make our own special carvings. We also have several carvers working on softer material such as fossil mammoth ivory and amber in Bali, Indonesia. The gemstone carvings here are just a small representation of our constantly changing stock. If you collect gemstone carvings of a particular theme, or gem material, send us an e mail and we will send you pictures of what we have. We will try to keep this section as up to date as possible so most of the carvings will be available for purchase. The postage fee is the actual postage rate we have to pay and there are no handling charges.

INFORMATION For information contact us at mineshaft@webone.com.au

HOW TO PURCHASE Move the mouse over the ‘about us’ tab and click on the ‘contact us’. Send us an e mail with what you want to purchase.

PAYMENT We accept PAYPAL for worldwide purchases. Australian customers can pay by PAYPAL, CHEQUE or DIRECT DEPOSIT

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BOULDER OPAL SNAKE . This is a wonderful boulder opal carving and being the ‘year of the snake’ gives it added interest. The carving measures 67mm by 52mm by 41mm and it weighs 895 carats. The price is A$500. Click on the image for a larger picture. THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE. Ancient Chinese wisdom says a Snake in the house is a good omen because it means your family will not starve. This could be taken metaphorically to mean that a Snake could never have a problem with his family starving because he is such a great mediator, making him good at business. Or it could mean that a Snake would be willing to sacrifice his possessions, something the Snake has a lot of, in order to pay for his family’s food. Any way it is interpreted is representative of the Snake’s character and is a measure of the value he puts on his material wealth. The Snake is keen and cunning, quite intelligent and wise.

MAMMOTH IVORY carved snakes. These snakes measure 90mm and 67mm long. The price is A$100 each. Click on the image for a larger picture.

Gemstone skulls. These are just three from our skull collection. There are others at the very base of this page.

EMERALD & JASPER KOALA. This is an incredably rare carving. It is carved from a single piece of rock. It is very rare to get  a vein of Emerald crystals in Jasper. This carving shows the vein of Emerald polished on the back. The koala has been carved in to the Jasper. The piece weighs 217 grams) and stands 103 mm high. The price is A$300.

AUSTRALIAN CHRYSOPRASE OWL. This carving is in the most desirable colour for Chrysoprase. It measures 46 mm by 26 mm by 10 mm and weighs 106 carats. The price is A$150.

CRYSTAL SKULL This skull is carved in the base of a large natural quartz crystal. It weighs1270 grams and measures 180 mm in height. The code is 20402570 and the price is A$350.

JASPER and CRYSTAL SKULL. This is a high quality carving with a well polished skull  carved in the Jasper. The Quartz crystal cluster is very high quality, bright and sparkling. The carving measures 84 mm by 72 mm by 52 mm. It weighs just over 400 grams. The price is A$180. 

HOLLOW GEODE SKULL. This one “could be” a petrified crystal skull because it looks like that. The crystals are calcite and the wall of the skull is very thin making it a special and hard to get carving. The carving measures 160 mm by 130 mm by 120 mm and weighs over one and a half kilo. The price is A$300.

 

 

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AMBER CARVINGS. These are all carved from natural Baltic amber by our own carvers in Bali. They are all highly detailed and very popular’ We have just purchased a lovely parcel of rough Baltic amber and our carvers will be producing more of these exquisite carvings in the future.

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ZEBRA STONE ELEPHANTS. These are from the unique Zebra Stone from the Australian outback. The carvings have been painstakingly carved by our “mammoth” carvers in Bali. They take 2 days each to complete and the detail they get is quite special. The price is A$120 each. Click on the image for a larger picture.

 

JET Dogs. This is quite a large Jet carving. Carved perfectly by our own carvers in Bali. The carving is 110mm high and weighs 140 grams. The price is A$120

This is an exquisite carving from a marvelous piece of this mysterious 600 million year old unique rock from the East Kimberleys of Western Australia. It measures 80 mm x 58 mm x 35 mm and weighs 80 grams. The cost is A$200 plus postage. Click on image for larger picture.

Zebra Stone carved Horses head. The detail in this carving is wonderful even down to the inset solid opal eyes. It measures 70 mm x 45 mm x28 mm. The cost is A$120 plus postage.  Click on image for larger picture. . .

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AUSTRALIAN ZEBRA STONE unique carvings. These carvings are hand done by our ‘mammoth’ carvers in Bali. They take a full day to carve from a single piece of hard Zebra stone. The price is A$60 and $80 each.

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Bone and Wood carving. This is a combination of materials and beautifully carved. The carving stands 100mm high. The price  is $125. Click on the image for a larger picture.

AGATE TURTLE. This is an Agate from Agate Creek in far north Queensland. The nodule is as it was found with the turtle carved on top of  it. Quite a unique Australian Agate carving for only A$60. Click on the image for a larger picture.

LAPIS SNAIL. Carved from a single piece of stone and really nice coloured lapis. The carving measures  57mm x 35mm x 27mm amd weighs 66 grams. The price is A$60. Click on the image for a larger picture.

LAPIS ‘HIPPO’ This is a wonderful carving all carved from a single piece of Lapis in matrix. The carving measures 110mm by 85mm by 72mm and weighs 867 grams. The price is A$300. Click on the image for a larger picture.

TURTLE in smokey Quartz. This piece of smokey Quartz has some rutil crystals in it also. It is a lovely carving weighing 223 grams. The price is A$120. Click on the image for a larger picture.

A nice piece of blue lace still showing the original uncut rough rock on the base. This carving measures 850 mm x 32 mm x 32 mm and weighs 97 grams. The price is A$100 plus postage. Click on image for larger picture.

Pink is probably the hardest colour to get in Mookaite. This carving measures 150 mm x 50 mm x 26 mm and weighs 175 grams. The cost is A$150 plus postage. Click on image for larger picture.

LIZARD in RUTILATED QUARTZ. This carving is done in very clean Rutilated Quartz. The needles of Rutile are a fine golden colour and very easily seen in the ice clear Quartz. The price is A$150. The carving measures 70mm by 34mm by 28mm and weighs 102 grams. click on image for a larger picture.

A nice piece of amethyst carved into a nice Lizard. The carving measures 90 mm x 50 mm x 38 mm and weighs 193 grams. The price is A$200 plus postage. Click on image for larger picture.

AMETHYST LIZARD. Another nice carving from quite a transparent piece of Amethyst. The carving measures 73mm by 55mm by 34mm and weighs 109 grams. The price is A$150.

ARAGONITE Lion. A nice master carved lion. Even has Opal solid eyes. The carving measures 82mm by 42mm by 40mm. The price is A$120. Click on image for larger picture.

This carving is master carved in Rhodonite. The carving measures 105mm x 60 mm x 45 mm and weighs 330 grams. The price is A$450 plus postage. Click on image for a larger picture.

. This is another beautiful carving from Agate Creek agate. It measures 65 mm x 55 mm x 30 mm and weighs 101 grams. The price is A$120. Click on image for larger picture.

This is a nice carving of three mice playing. It measures 60 mm x 45 mm x 25 mm and weighs  68 grams. The back of the carvings shows the un-worked rough surface of the rock. The price is A$120 plus postage. Click on image for larger picture.

This carving is done in a high quality piece of Amazonite with precious opal eyes. It measures 120 mm x 80 mm x 55 mm and weighs 1438 carats. The price is A$175 plus postage. Click on image for larger picture.

AMETHYST Lizard. This is a very nice piece of translucent amethyst of quite nice medium coloured material. The carving measures  67mm x 43 mm x 38mm. It weighs 100 carats. The price is A$150 plus postage. Click on the image for a larger picture.

The Chrysoprase in this carving is a lovely apple green bright colour. The carving measures  85 mm x 50 mm x 20 mm and weighs 96 grams. The cost is A$120 plus postage. Click on image for larger picture.

 

This is an incredible boulder opal carving. It has been carved by a master carver and the detail is amazing. This veinlets of nice opal are throughout the carving. The carving measures 200mm by 180mm by 90mm and weighs 2.94 kilo. The price is A$4000. Click on image for larger picture.

LAPIS bears. Carved from a single piece of material. The bears looks as if one is sitting on a rock. The carving measures  110 mm x 80 mm x 70 mm and weighs 655 grams. The cost is A$450 plus postage. Click on image for a larger picture.

 

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NATURAL EMERALD CRYSTALS in a vein on JASPER. This is a really rare ,collectable carving. The price is A$400. Click on the image for a larger picture.

Crystal Skull. This is a near perfect large Quartz crystal skull. It measures 80 mm by 56 mm by 46 mm and weighs 264 grams. The code is 20404215. The price is A$300.

FOSSIL AMMONITE SKULL. This is a unique skull. When you look in to the eye sockets the inside of the skull has tiny perfect crystals of Calcite. The ammonite measures 79 mm and weighs 161 grams. The price is A$120.

Mineshaft has many gemstone skulls in several sizes These are just a few.