Rose Quartz Palm Stone Grade A. gmc-resync the chatoyancy that gives it
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
the chatoyancy that gives it its name
Reached for at thresholds
The middle minutes settle into the warm balsamic-resinous register that distinguishes frankincense from other resins
It is the hardest-wearing range of the quartz family at Mohs 7
8-cineole and camphor open first
Rose Quartz Palm Stone Grade A. gmc-resync the chatoyancy that gives itRose 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