Amethyst With Druzy Cut Base 692g

For the mind that won't switch off.

Amethyst is quartz turned violet by traces of iron and natural irradiation over millions of years. Colour runs from the palest lilac at the base of a point to a deep royal purple at the tip — and in chevron amethyst, it bands with white quartz in sharp V shapes you can trace with a fingernail.

It has been the stone of clarity since antiquity. The Greeks named it amethystos, "not intoxicated," and carved drinking vessels from it in the belief it would keep the head clear. Medieval bishops wore it on the hand that gave blessings.

Amethyst is worked with for calm and for clear thinking — the two usually arrive together. It sits with the third eye and crown, the centres associated with insight and perspective, which is why it turns up in almost every meditation practice and on almost every bedside table.

Sheri chooses every piece by hand, cleanses it, and charges it before it's packed here on the Gold Coast. Nothing leaves as just a stone.

Keep it where you rest or where you think. It's a settling stone, not an activating one.

For a little extra shimmer on something already good.

Druzy isn't a mineral in its own right — it's a formation, a fine crust of tiny crystal points growing across the surface of another stone, catching the light like a dusting of glitter. It forms when mineral-rich water fills a cavity and crystallises against the walls in one final, delicate layer, which is why druzy is so often found lining the inside of agate and geodes.

Because it's a growth habit rather than a single mineral, druzy turns up across many different stones — amethyst, citrine, agate and quartz all form their own druzy, each carrying that stone's usual properties underneath the sparkle. Occasionally a piece is coated with a fine metallic vapour, the same process used for aura quartz, which pushes the iridescence even further.

Druzy is worked with as an amplifier with a lighter touch — whatever the host stone already does, softened and brightened by the sparkle layered over it. It sits with the crown, or with whichever centre the host stone favours.

Sheri chooses every piece by hand, cleanses it, and charges it before it's packed here on the Gold Coast.

The surface is delicate — handle it by the base rather than the crystal face.