Selenite Crystal Round Candle Holder Incense Stick Both pieces are hand-carved from

Both pieces are hand-carved from the same soapstone - the natural variation in the stone runs across both

It is the violet variety of quartz - the colour from iron in the lattice

calcite cloud rather than pyrite stars - and the choice between the two is character

Amethyst - small tumble-polished stones of violet quartz

The ancient world believed rock crystal was ice frozen too hard to thaw - permanent

Selenite Crystal Round Candle Holder Incense Stick Both pieces are hand-carved fromA selenite candle holder a round piece carved from translucent white satin spar gypsum to cradle a single light. With a tealight set in it, the stone glows from within. Hand cut in Morocco. Selenite is gypsum hydrated calcium sulfate, Mohs 2, soft enough to mark with a fingernail. Translucent, it takes light into itself, so a tealight in its cup lights the whole holder and the satin sheen warms around the flame. Use a contained tealight on a dry,