Selenite Crystal Pyramid Palo Santo Holder most commercial citrine is amethyst

most commercial citrine is amethyst turned yellow in a kiln

It is the most striking metallic mineral cut as a stone - a pale brass-gold with a bright

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Hojari Frankincense from Yemen - the same Boswellia sacra species that produces Omani Hojari

Selenite Crystal Pyramid Palo Santo Holder most commercial citrine is amethystSelenite a translucent white cut to four faces, a satin sheen running up each side toward the point, the soft gypsum named for the moon. Softer than almost any stone cut. From Morocco, a pyramid. It is gypsum hydrated calcium sulfate, Mohs 2, soft enough to mark with a fingernail. The satin sheen is chatoyancy, light running along the stones fine fibres, a band that travels as the light moves, like sheen on satin. Two things follow from its softness