its shimmer comes from the mica platelets' parallel orientation

In tradition

amethyst to the crown and third-eye chakras and associated with meditative stillness

named for the gemologist George Frederick Kunz

Fluorite Angel Size:1.5"x1"x0.5" its shimmer comes from theAn angel carved from a stone with perfect cleavage in four directionsa test of the carver's skill. Fluorite is calcium fluoride (CaF), a halide mineral with Mohs hardness of 4 and perfect octahedral cleavage, meaning it has four planes along which it cleaves cleanly if struck or stressed. Carving a detailed form from fluorite requires working around those cleavage directions throughout the sculpting process. Color in fluoritegreen, purple, blue,