Selenite Crystal Mountain Candle Holder Black Obsidian the black veins are manganese

the black veins are manganese oxide

Dragon's Blood is the resin from the strangest tree on earth - Dracaena cinnabari

so each bead is a cross-section of its own growth - light and dark greens in curved eyes

All three from Mexico

Selenite Crystal Mountain Candle Holder Black Obsidian the black veins are manganeseA selenite mountain candle holder a ridge of translucent white satin spar gypsum, its peaks left rough above wells cut for tealights. Lit, the whole range glows along its length. Hand cut in Morocco. Selenite is gypsum hydrated calcium sulfate, Mohs 2, soft enough to mark with a fingernail. The peaks are left in the stones natural rough face while the wells are cut smooth; translucent, the ridge glows when the lights are set in it. Use contained