Okapi Stonecraft

40+ Years of experience, hands like big leather mits and love for his stone, that's my Dad's work.

The Okapi vases are hand turned and very solid.👏

For a truely unique earthen necklace check out these new pendants. Pfft NEW they were in the ground for +600 million years! Watch out for our new online shop.

Some new rare one of a kind pieces available now. Message to arrange an appointment to view.

Kimberley slate / Okapi stone.
Mined from North Argyle Quarries.
Various pieces available. Available to view in darwin.
Contact us today for rare one off pieces for your home or garden. Price by the piece or by the tonne.
Small or large quantities. Wholesale or retail pricing.
Can regularly supply to businesses on pre-order

What is Okapi rock?

This distinctive reddish-brown-pink & white-banded sedimentary rock from the east Kimberley of Western Australia is called Okapi, named after a relative of the giraffe common to Africa by the prospector and owner of lease from which it is now quarried, Steve Vuk.

Composed essentially of small particles of quartz and ‘sericite’ (fine-grained white mica), Okapi rock also contains the minerals kaolinite, dickite and alunite.

The only known localities of the Okapi rock lie close to the Ord River where the rock forms lenses and seams within the Johnny Cake Shale Member of the Ranford Formation, which formed during the late Precambrian era. It's estimated to be between 600-670 millions years old, but that's another story

The colour banding of Okapi rock probably formed by the rhythmic precipitation of iron oxide (hematite) rich bands during the alteration of the rock by percolating fluids (fluids migrating through the rock). Much the same way Zebra rock is also formed

Okapi rock has been used largely as an ornamental stone for carvings, some costume jewellery, inlays, paper weights and figurines. Several unique items of hollow ware, such as decorative table weights and stone bowls have been produced from Okapi.

Every piece is hand crafted and truly one of a kind.

Need a truly unique gift for that someone special?❤️
Message us for details of these Zebra Rock ornamental bowls.

Bespoke Okapi cigar ashtrays made by our Mastercraftsman. Okapi is over 600million years old. You can't get much more bespoke than that.