One-of-a-Kind Shungite Specimens

Large raw shungite specimens, each one photographed on its own and sold once. Pieces from 243 g to 2,45 kg, uncut, unpolished and unsealed, priced by weight alone.

What is a shungite specimen?

A single piece of raw Karelian shungite large enough to sit on a shelf, a desk or a windowsill as itself, rather than as a handful in a bag. Each is listed with its exact weight, its shape — slab, block, wedge, blade, ridge, shield — and photographs of that specific stone from several sides. When it sells, the listing closes. No two are alike, and none is replaced with “a similar one”.

How shungite specimens are priced

By weight, and by nothing else. A heavier stone costs more and a prettier one does not: the 2,45 kg slab is €80,00 and every other piece sits on the same line below it. Larger pieces cost less per gram, so the big slabs work out under €35 per kilo. The rule is deliberate: it means the price never depends on a judgement about which stone looks best, so the one you like is not marked up for it.

Large shungite stones for a shelf or a desk

Most specimens are between 600 g and 1,4 kg, which is the size that reads as a stone from across a room. Slabs and flat pieces lie down and take little space. Blocks and wedges stand up on their own. Blades, ridges and triangles have one dominant edge and are the ones that look carved without being. A few listings are twin pieces: two stones sold together as one lot, with the combined weight on the listing.

What raw shungite looks like up close

Type III shungite is 30–60% carbon, so a raw surface is matte black with a dull sheen where it has been handled. Across it run pale veins of quartz and small bright flecks of pyrite, and a few pieces — listed as “lustrous” — carry a crust with a brighter, almost metallic lustre. Cracks and fracture lines are part of the stone and are shown in the photographs rather than hidden.

Smaller raw shungite

For stone by the bag rather than the piece — for water, for a bowl, for a pocket — see raw shungite by weight, from 300 g. Real shungite conducts electricity — a corner touched to a phone screen registers as a tap — and it is light for its size and leaves a dark streak on unglazed porcelain. The test guide explains each check.