With its glowing body colour and flashes of inner fire, fire opal has always felt different from other opals. Where many opals shimmer like captured rainbows, fire opal burns with […]
Labradorite and The Trapped Northern Lights
Labradorite has always felt like a little bit of magic caught inside a stone. Hold it at the right angle and colour rolls across the surface like something alive. Blues, […]
Prehnite Myths and Legends
Prehnite, with it’s soft glow, looks dreamy and ancient. As though it should have a long trail of legends behind it. But prehnite is actually relatively new in the gemstone […]
Labradorite Myths and Legends
There’s something otherworldly about labradorite. The way its colours shift and flash feels like it holds a secret just below the surface. For centuries, people have tried to explain that […]
Rose Quartz Myths and Legends
Rose quartz has always carried a reputation as the stone of the heart. Its gentle pink glow feels almost alive with warmth, and for centuries people have turned to it […]
Zircon Myths and Legends
Zircon is the oldest gemstone on Earth, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. Throughout history it’s often been mistaken for diamond, but that doesn’t mean it’s not got […]
Alexandrite Myths and Legends
Some gemstones arrive in history with a mythological bang (think heroes, gods, and cosmic battles), while others sneak in more quietly. Alexandrite is definitely the latter. It doesn’t have an […]
Diopside Myths and Legends
Diopside glows with the richness of a forest in sunlight, vivid, green, and quietly alive. You might expect a stone with such a colour to have left its mark on […]
Heliodor Myths and Legends
Heliodor looks like a piece of golden daylight, trapped in crystal form, but unlike other beryls, such as emerald and aquamarine, heliodor does not show up in any ancient myths […]
Gemstones in The Egyptian Book of The Dead
For the ancient Egyptians, death wasn’t seen as an ending, it was simply stepping into the next chapter of existence. To make sure that journey went smoothly, tombs were carefully […]