Garnet Crystal Bracelet Bead size:8 mm Selenite is gypsum - hydrated

Selenite is gypsum - hydrated calcium sulfate

The old lapidaries called the threads the hairs of Venus

not believed

5–8 it is the hardest stone in this range

flashing copper-gold as the wrist moves

Garnet Crystal Bracelet Bead size:8 mm Selenite is gypsum - hydratedGarnet deep wine red with a glassy depth, the stone the ancient world inlaid over gold and named for the pomegranate seed. Harder than quartz, red the whole way through. Strung on elastic cord. This is almandine, the iron garnet, coloured by iron within its own structure a dark red carrying violet or brown depths, transparent where the stone runs clean. Its Latin name, granatum, is the pomegranate, for crystals that cluster in rock like seeds. It was