Gold Obsidian Crystal Bracelet Bead Size:6 mm most water-sensitive material in the

most water-sensitive material in the house: dust it with a dry cloth

Amethyst - small tumble-polished stones of violet quartz

Ananta is the Mysore workshop's blended sandalwood - Santalum album heartwood ground fine and bound with halmaddi resin from Ailanthus malabarica

The Sanskrit equivalent is dhyāna

Gold Obsidian Crystal Bracelet Bead Size:6 mm most water-sensitive material in theGolden obsidian black until it turns to the light, then a sheet of gold sweeps across it, volcanic glass carrying a sheen of bubbles aligned as the lava set. From Mexico, strung on elastic cord. The shimmer is a single layer of microscopic bubbles aligned flat as the lava flowed and froze; light striking them together returns as a moving sheet of gold. The sheen lies in the glass, not on it tilt the bead and it sweeps across, then vanishes. It is the