OLD CRYSTAL SKULLS

100 to 1500 years old

The age of quartz crystals cannot be determined by carbon dating, therefore, it is very difficult - if not impossible - to determine the actual age of a crystal skull. The primary means that modern science has for estimating the age of crystal skulls is to examine them under an electron scanning microscope to determine what kind of tools were used to carve them based on the tool marks embedded in the surface of the crystal. Old crystal skulls are characterized by the use of primitive techniques, which leave irregular groove cuts on the silicone cast.

Some famous and noteworthy old crystal skulls are:

Amar
Weight: 22.17 lbs / 10.06 kgs
Stone: Clear Quartz
Origin: Tibet
"Tibetan Crystal Skull" Rescued from Tibet by High Llama hand carrying it across the Himalayas
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British Museum
Size: 12.02 lbs / 5.45 kgs
Stone: Clear Quartz
Origin: Aztec / Europe
"Aztec Skull " Reclassified from ancient to "old" after tool marks were found.
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Paris Musée de l'Homme
Size: 5.60 lbs / 2.54 kgs
Stone: Cloudy Clear Quartz
Origin: Mexico
"Paris Skull " First significant crystal skull to have been exhibited in a museum. (late 1800's)
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Smithsonian Crystal Skull
Size: 31 lbs / 14.06 kgs
Stone: Milky White Quartz
Origin: Mexico
"Smithsonian Skull " Initially classified as Aztec, it is now thought of as not even 100 years old.
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