SoIeil Noir incense Stick Holder Selenite Pyramid This is common opal

This is common opal

light in the hand

veiled with the record of its own growth

scaled down and finer for the smoke-tool format

opal asks gentler care than the quartzes - kept from heat

SoIeil Noir incense Stick Holder Selenite Pyramid This is common opalHand carved from the dark variant of natural soapstone (mineralogical name steatite) the same talc based metamorphic rock as the other carved stone holders in the range, here in its black toned form. The supplier designation "Soleil Noir" (French for Black Sun) describes the dark stone with the engraved sun face composition: facial features at the centre, radiating rays around the rim. The disc carries multiple precisely drilled openings positioned