Selenite Crystal Tower - 30cm Selenite Crystal Towers A cast-metal incense holder shaped

A cast-metal incense holder shaped as an open hand with an engraved central eye and floral detailing - the Hamsa motif that appears across Mediterranean

The white veining is calcite

deepest where the crystal grew its tips

radiating rays around the rim

Selenite Crystal Tower - 30cm Selenite Crystal Towers A cast-metal incense holder shapedA selenite tower a standing pillar of translucent white satin spar gypsum, the satin sheen running its full height, glowing where the light reaches it. The larger sizes stand on a low illuminated base. From Morocco. Selenite is gypsum hydrated calcium sulfate, Mohs 2, soft enough to mark with a fingernail. The tower is cut from satin spar, whose fine parallel fibres carry a chatoyant sheen that travels up the stone as the light moves. Translucent, it