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Black Obsidian Palm Stone – Supplier-Labeled 45mm

One polished palm stone sold as Black Obsidian from a 45 mm supplier line

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  • One polished oval palm stone
  • Sold as Black Obsidian
  • Supplier product line labeled 45 mm
Ritual focusSymbolic grounding, boundaries, reflection, release, shadow work, and protection

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About This Item

One polished palm stone sold as Black Obsidian from a supplier product line labeled 45 mm, intended for collecting, handling, secure display, or a contained altar arrangement. The selected stone’s exact dimensions and weight may vary, and its identity as natural volcanic glass, treatment, geological locality, material origin, and manufacturing location are not independently documented. The product images are representative; black tone, translucency at thin edges, polish, shape, reflections, inclusions, fractures, and surface features vary. Obsidian-like glass can chip into sharp edges. Contemporary associations with grounding, boundaries, reflection, release, and protection are symbolic and do not guarantee safety, cleansing, healing, truth, or supernatural effects.

Specimen Details
Material status
Material identity not independently verified
Treatment
Treatment status not documented

Treatment notes

No product-specific documentation confirms natural volcanic-glass identity, natural color, dyeing, coating, stabilization, filling, reconstruction, polishing compounds, or other treatment.

Observable stone characteristics

No standardized grade, laboratory identification, treatment report, individual measurements, weight, geological locality, material origin, or manufacturing documentation is provided. The 45 mm reference comes from the supplier product line.

Condition notes

The images show polished oval black palm stones with glossy reflections. Exact black or dark-brown tone, translucency at thin edges, shape, polish, inclusions, fractures, chips, pits, and surface marks vary by stone.

What contributes to this piece’s value

  • Supplier-line 45 mm size reference
  • Black tone and translucency
  • Palm-stone proportions
  • Polish and surface condition
  • Chips, fractures, and sharp-edge risk
  • Verified identity, treatment, locality, and origin
Mineral Profile

Black obsidian is a naturally occurring silicic volcanic glass and a glassy igneous rock rather than a mineral species. It commonly has vitreous luster and conchoidal fracture. This shared profile does not verify the identity, natural origin, treatment, or locality of a particular retail stone.

Stone or material
Black Obsidian — Silicic Volcanic Glass
Mineral species
Not a mineral species; silicic volcanic glass
Variety or trade name
Black Obsidian
Chemical formula
Variable silica-rich glass composition
Mohs hardness
Approximately 5–5.5; composition dependent
Luster
Vitreous
Transparency
Opaque, Translucent at thin edges
Typical colors
Black, Dark brown, Dark gray
Mineral class
Glassy igneous rock
Crystal system
Amorphous

Geology and formation

Obsidian forms when silica-rich lava cools rapidly enough to inhibit extensive crystal growth, producing natural volcanic glass. Microscopic bubbles and mineral inclusions can influence color and appearance.

Metaphysical Correspondences

In contemporary Western crystal and occult practice, black obsidian is commonly associated with grounding, boundaries, reflection, release, shadow work, and protection symbolism. These are symbolic practitioner correspondences and do not guarantee protection, truth revelation, cleansing, healing, or supernatural results.

Traditional themes
Grounding symbolism, Boundaries, Reflection, Release and shadow work, Protection symbolism
Primary element
Earth
Additional elements
Fire
Planets
Saturn, Pluto
Zodiac
Scorpio, Capricorn
Chakras
Root
Energy character
Grounding, Containing, Reflective
Days
Saturday
Lunar associations
Dark Moon
Tarot
The Devil, Death

Traditional ritual applications

Practitioners may carry, hold, display, or place black obsidian in a contained altar arrangement as a symbolic focus for boundaries, release, journaling, reflection, shadow work, or protection intentions. No emotional, medical, protective, divinatory, or supernatural result is guaranteed.

Traditional pairings

Candle colors
Black, Dark red, White

Tradition and source notes

Earth, Fire, Saturn, Pluto, the Root chakra, Saturday, and dark-moon or shadow-work themes recur in modern Western systems. Assignments vary and are presented as contemporary symbolic practice rather than mineralogical properties or historical consensus.

About traditional correspondences: Metaphysical, astrological, elemental, chakra, and ritual associations vary among traditions and practitioners. They are presented for cultural, symbolic, and spiritual reference and are not scientific or medical claims.

Working With & Caring for This Stone

When practitioners may choose it

Choose it as a symbolic hand stone or display object when themes of grounding, boundaries, reflection, release, shadow work, or protection fit personal practice. These associations do not guarantee safety, cleansing, healing, truth, or an outcome.

Traditional role in practice

The dark polished surface and palm-stone form can provide a tactile and visual focus for reflection or boundary-setting symbolism. Any protective, grounding, or shadow-work meaning is symbolic rather than a scientifically verified effect.

Suggested application

Hold during journaling or meditation, carry in a protective pouch while intact, display securely, or place in a dry contained altar arrangement. Inspect regularly and stop use if chipped or sharp.

Commonly paired with

Compatible with dry altar displays, meditation, journaling, shadow-work prompts, and non-ingestible symbolic practice while intact. Not compatible with drinking water, damaged pieces, abrasive modification, or guaranteed-result claims.

Product care

Wipe with a soft dry or slightly damp cloth and dry promptly. Avoid drops, hard impacts, scraping, abrasives, harsh chemicals, prolonged soaking, steam, ultrasonic cleaning, sudden temperature changes, and high heat. Store separately to reduce chipping and scratching.

Safety and handling

Obsidian-like glass can chip or break into extremely sharp edges. Inspect before handling and isolate damaged pieces. Do not ingest or place in drinking water. Keep away from children and pets. Do not knap, cut, grind, drill, sand, polish, or crush without professional fragment, eye, and dust controls.

Natural variation

Black or dark-brown tone, translucency, reflections, inclusions, internal bubbles or flow features, fractures, shape, dimensions, polish, pits, and surface marks may vary by individual palm stone.