Selenite Crystal Wand (10cm) dhoop incense Peru - a pottery town

Peru - a pottery town in the Piura region whose ceramic tradition descends from the Vicús and Tallán cultures of pre-Columbian northern Peru

In European tradition moss agate was long held the gardener’s stone - named here as what people believed

Honestly named: a feldspar

This 170g geode from Uruguay offers quiet refinement in a form that’s both compact and deeply resonant

the "rainbow" of the name

Selenite Crystal Wand (10cm) dhoop incense Peru - a pottery townA selenite wand a smooth, polished rod of translucent white satin spar gypsum, cool and light in the hand, the satin sheen running its length. Softer than almost any stone shaped. From Morocco. Selenite is gypsum hydrated calcium sulfate, Mohs 2, soft enough to mark with a fingernail. The wand is cut from satin spar, whose fine parallel fibres throw a chatoyant band of light that travels along it as it turns. It is the softest, most water sensitive