About the product:

🪨 Identification Name: Chrysanthemum Stone

🌍 ⛏️ Origin: China

📐 💎 Dimensions: 105 millimeters long x 60 wide x 50 thick

⚖️ Weight : 63.8 grams

✨ Finish: natural

🔬 Treatment: None

🎁 Comes with a Gem and Zen certificate, ideal for giving as a gift or treating yourself!

👉 These very special stones come from China, found in limestones dating back to the Lower Permian period (270 to 300 million years ago). The exact deposit is the Daxi River, near Yonghe, Liuyang County, Hunan Province. As the name suggests, the special feature of these stones is that they resemble chrysanthemum flowers, making them exceptional decorative objects.

In Chinese culture, the chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity and is also an official symbol of the imperial family, which explains why these stones are highly sought after in China.

These are in fact sheaves of celestite crystals with a little calcite which are embedded in a darker limestone rock. These crystals are freed from their matrix by grinding or sandblasting to reveal the "chrysanthemum flower".

The limestone of these small pieces is often tinted black for better contrast. The larger pieces are simply freed from their matrix by sandblasting and thus the flower appears in volume on the limestone.

Already very difficult to obtain given Chinese demand, these stones are expected to become even rarer, as the deposit from which they come will be flooded when the Hunan dam is filled in 2024.

📋 Mineralogical sheet:

Property	Details

Name	Chrysanthemum Stone

Kind	Sedimentary or metamorphic rock with mineral inclusions

Composition

Dark matrix (calcite, dolomite, gypsum, argillite, porphyry) + radial inclusions of celestite, andalusite or calcite forming the "flower"

Appearance

Black or dark gray background with white chrysanthemum flower patterns

Origin / Deposits

China (mainly Hunan, Liaoning), Japan, Canada

Geological age

Formed ~250 million years ago

Hardness (Mohs)

3 – 5 (depending on matrix and inclusions)

Color

Black, dark gray with white floral patterns

Special feature

Natural flower-shaped patterns (unpainted, non-artificial)

Virtues / Lithotherapy

- Stone of anchoring and serenity - Promotes personal development and harmony - Builds confidence and creativity

Purification

Quick clear water, fumigation, singing bowl

Recharging

Moonlight, quartz clusters

Use	Jewelry, decorative objects, meditation, ornamental stone

Value

Quite affordable, depends on the neatness of the floral pattern

Short story / Anecdote

In China, the stone is associated with longevity and prosperity , with the chrysanthemum being a strong cultural symbol.