Based on a specimen from Semiostrovie (Sevev Islands), Russia.

When I was a kid, every attraction with any kind of geologic connection (museums, national parks, commercial caves) had a basket of staurolite fairy crosses for sale in the gift shop. Some of them were probably fakes, some of them were “improved” by a little judicious carving, and some of them had cheap findings glued to one end to turn them into pendants. I never bothered to buy one back then, because they seemed cheesy and incredibly common. Lately however, a well formed fairy cross is a little harder to come by. I’m keeping my eye out at mineral shows for a specimen that more closely resembles the form of the crosses I remember from my childhood, but this one from Russia will do nicely for now.