Mini Virgencita Carvings

Natural volcanic glass
Approx 1.5-2”
Weighs about 28g
Mined, carved and polished by a family of artisanal miners and lapidaries in Jalisco Mexico.
Carved crystals are individual works of art and will also bear the marks of their lapidary artisans, please appreciate the unique details of items made by hand.

Crystal Tip:

Did you know the beautiful range of colors seen in rainbow obsidian are created by inclusions of magnetite nanoparticles? Now you do!

Obsidian was considered a stone that revealed truth by the Maya & Aztec. Rainbow obsidian is known to be a wonderful support for people experiencing grief or heartbreak as the darkness of this stone reveals beautiful rainbow colors when brought into the light.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe, is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions in December 1531, and a venerated image on a cloak enshrined within the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Witnessed by Saint Juan Diego.

Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, also known as Juan Diego, was a Chichimec peasant and Marian visionary. He is said to have been granted apparitions of the Virgin Mary on four occasions in December 1531: three at the hill of Tepeyac and a fourth before don Juan de Zumárraga, then bishop of Mexico.