Beautiful Hand Carved Gemstone Hippo - Opalite - Giants of Egypt


Hippos, one of the largest of the land mammals in existence; can weigh up to 3 tons. Their symbolic history goes back to Ancient Egypt and they were highly revered by the Egyptians as a powerful, strong, and "bull" like protection. The word Hippo itself is from ancient Greek for "River Horse". If the Hippo is your Totem, certainly your attention is on power and moving through life in a powerful way.

NOTE: These are gemstones, each type of gemstone has great variance in the color, the striations of patterning, we have taken pictures of a fairly common representation, and we take great care in selecting material that you will be happy with; please give us the grace of slight variations from the picture - and we guarantee that you will be happy with our selection!

This Hippo is a unique and hand carved sculpture. 



Length: 6cm (2 1/4 inches) - more or less


Width: 3cm (1 1/4 inch) - more or less


Weight: 45 grams - more or less

OPALITE: INVISIBILITY, VISIONARY Opalite: is a beautiful stone, synthetic in nature, and yet capturing the beauty and essence of opals. Opals contain tiny spheres of silica, stacked on one another, allowing light to pass through creating a unique beauty. It is said that opals assist in the process of “invisibility”, and also helpful to invoke visions. A soft and gentle stone with power in its gentleness.
 _gsrx_vers_625 (GS 6.9.7 (625))

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NOTICE to our INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: We combine multiple orders into one shipment. Please be aware that you are completely and totally responsible for any financial consequence of local taxes and/or any customs charges incurred by the country you live in. You may get charged additional fees. Please know this is completely out of our control - WE DO NOT MODIFY CUSTOMS FORMS. Thank you for your understanding.