Wire Tree Sodalite on Amethyst Base

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 thinking clearly rather than feeling deeply.

Sodalite is deep blue with white veining, and it's often confused with lapis lazuli — the difference is that lapis carries pyrite flecks and sodalite doesn't. It was named for its sodium content, and it was barely known until an 1891 deposit in Ontario made it fashionable after Princess Margaret chose it for Marlborough House.

Some sodalite is tenebrescent: expose it to ultraviolet light and the colour darkens, then fades back in daylight.

Sodalite is worked with for logic, objectivity and clear communication — it's the stone associated with thinking a problem through rather than intuiting an answer. It sits with the throat and third eye.

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

Often suggested for a study or a desk.