Scolecite with Apophyllite Cluster with Inclusions 852g

For the meditation corner rather than the pocket.

Apophyllite grows in glassy pyramids, usually on a bed of green stilbite or grey basalt, and its transparency is unusual even among clear minerals. Hold a good piece to the light and you can see straight through the structure to the crystal behind it.

The name comes from Greek — apo phyllon, "to flake off" — because it splits along its natural layers when heated. That fragility is part of what it is. It formed in slow-cooling volcanic cavities, mostly in the Deccan Traps of India, and it doesn't survive rough handling.

Apophyllite is worked with for spiritual clarity and for connection to higher awareness. It sits with the third eye and crown. Most people keep it in a fixed place rather than carrying it — partly for what it does, partly because it doesn't travel well.

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

For thoughts that want to settle into stillness.

Scolecite is a zeolite that forms in fine, radiating sprays of white needle crystals, delicate enough that early mineralogists tested for it with a flame — heated, the needles curl and writhe, which is exactly how the stone earned its name, from the Greek skolex, worm. It typically grows on a bed of other zeolite minerals, most often in the cavities of ancient volcanic basalt, with India among its most significant sources.

Its sprays are genuinely fragile, more so than most zeolites, which is why fine specimens are handled carefully and displayed rather than worked with daily.

Scolecite is worked with for deep meditation and inner peace — often paired with other zeolites for a gentler, quieter effect. It sits with the crown and third eye.

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

Very delicate — display only.