The two named materials are characteristic of the South Asian subcontinent and the Himalayan range - Saang grows across the high Himalayan ridges from Bhutan through Nepal
The "tree" is manganese and iron oxide - minerals that crept along fine cracks and branched as they grew
A different sandalwood entirely
Larvikite - small tumble-polished stones of dark grey to black
multi-stick palo santo configurations
Blood Stone Crystal Bracelet Bead Size:10 mm The two named materials areBloodstone a deep green chalcedony crossed by red iron oxide spots, the stone the Greeks called heliotrope, the sun turner. Dark, earthy, marked like nothing else in the quartz family. From India, strung on elastic cord. The green is the chalcedony body; the red is iron oxide, the same mineral that reddens jasper, gathered into flecks and small veins a scatter of fine points on some stones, bold streaks on others, no two alike. Pliny described the