Yooperlite Sleeping Cat Carving - Specimen B
Meet the most adorable mineral carving you'll ever own — a hand-carved Yooperlite sleeping cat curled up peacefully with its tiny ears perked and its face tucked into its body. In daylight, this beautifully polished carving showcases the rich dark grey, charcoal, and silvery speckled tones of the Yooperlite stone, with a smooth high-polish finish that highlights every detail of the sleeping cat form — the rounded back, the tucked paws, the delicate pointed ears, and the serene sleeping face.
Under shortwave UV light, the magic truly happens — brilliant fiery orange spots and patches erupt across the dark body of the cat against a deep blue-purple glow, creating a stunning galaxy-like effect that makes this little sleeping kitty look absolutely otherworldly. The sodalite inclusions throughout this piece fluoresce in vivid pops of orange and red, scattered like stars across the dark stone.
Yooperlite is a trademarked name for sodalite-rich syenite found along the shores of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. These stones appear as ordinary grey rocks in daylight but transform into glowing, fiery orange masterpieces under UV light.
- Specimen B
- Material: Yooperlite (Sodalite-rich Syenite)
- Carving: Sleeping Cat
- Locality: Lake Superior, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, USA
- Weight: 10.5 oz
- Fiery orange UV fluorescent spots scattered throughout
- Hand-carved and high-polish finished sleeping cat form
- Rich dark grey speckled appearance in daylight
- One-of-a-kind piece
Note: UV light not included. Photos shown both in daylight and under UV light to display fluorescence.
A showstopping and utterly charming collector’s piece — perfect for cat lovers, Yooperlite enthusiasts, and UV mineral collectors alike!