Black Obsidian Crystal Bracelet Amethyst This stick keeps sandalwood at

This stick keeps sandalwood at its centre and lifts it with two plants from the Nepali hills

Its Greek name means fingernail

Known as the "Stone of Wisdom

It forms in the gas cavities of volcanic basalt

Black Obsidian Crystal Bracelet Amethyst This stick keeps sandalwood atObsidian a pure glassy black that holds light like still water, not a crystal but volcanic glass, lava cooled too fast. Edged sharper than steel when it breaks. From Mexico, strung on elastic cord. It has no crystal structure at all lava so rich in silica it froze before crystals could form. That is why it breaks in the curved, razor edged fractures called conchoidal, and why a thin edge glows translucent brown against the light. That edge made it the