Sodalite Crystal Pyramid smudge sticks Indian Ocean trade routes

Indian Ocean trade routes

No two beads repeat - the veils inside each one are fractures and inclusions left as the crystal grew

to softness

the burn opens slower - denser

Anhydrite and gypsum are two states of one chemistry: anhydrite slowly takes up water and becomes gypsum over long ages

Sodalite Crystal Pyramid smudge sticks Indian Ocean trade routesSodalite deep navy veined with white, cut to four faces and an apex, the mineral kin of lapis lazuli: the blue without the gold. From Brazil, cut as a pyramid. It is a sodium aluminium silicate carrying chlorine in its lattice, and it gives its name to a mineral group; lazurite, the blue of lapis, is a member of that group, so the two are true kin. The white veining is calcite. Sodalite carries no pyrite, so there are no gold flecks the choice between