Rose Quartz Palm Stone Grade A. Lavender smudge sticks the blue of lapis

the blue of lapis

The white veining is calcite

Fifteen sticks per tube

As the sprigs char back

the trace on fabric lingers longer

Rose Quartz Palm Stone Grade A. Lavender smudge sticks the blue of lapisRose quartz soft clouded pink, smooth and cool to hold, strung into beads in Mesopotamia before writing and given between people ever since. From Brazil, shaped into a palm stone. The pink comes from microscopic mineral fibres dispersed through the quartz which is why the stone reads translucent and cloudy rather than clear, and why strong sunlight can pale it over time. Not a dye; the colour is the stones own. It forms in the cores of granite