The Library

An honest guide to selenite, the moon stone: what it really is, why it must never be soaked in water, its meaning and forms, ho...

An honest guide to rose quartz, the love stone: what it really is, the science of its pink colour, its meaning and forms, how t...

An honest guide to citrine: the golden quartz, why most citrine is heat-treated amethyst, its meaning and forms, and what the e...

An honest guide to amethyst: what the purple quartz really is, its traditional meaning and uses, how to care for it, and what t...

A grounded guide to smoky quartz: what it is as a mineral and how its smoky colour forms, where it comes from, its traditional ...

A clear, honest guide to green aventurine: what it is as a mineral, where it comes from, why it shimmers, its traditional meani...

A grounded guide to turquoise: what it actually is as a mineral, where it comes from, its traditional meanings, throat chakra a...

A warm, careful guide to opal: the true mineralogy of this hydrated silica with its famous play-of-colour, Australia's national...

An honest, literary guide to clear quartz: the plain mineralogy of pure silicon dioxide, where it forms worldwide, its traditio...

A warm, grounded guide to carnelian: the true mineralogy of this orange chalcedony, where it forms, its traditional links to co...

Moss agate is a translucent chalcedony threaded with green, moss-like mineral inclusions, long carried as a stone of growth, ab...

Malachite is a vivid banded green copper carbonate carried for centuries as a stone of transformation, protection and the heart...