Floral Incense Holder-Multi Colored Lavender Onyx is microcrystalline quartz

Onyx is microcrystalline quartz

The supplier designation "Soleil Noir" (French for Black Sun) describes the dark stone with the engraved sun-face composition: facial features at the centre

with a faint sheen across the polished beads that quartz does not give

Saldhoop is the resin of the sal tree

independently held precious

Floral Incense Holder-Multi Colored Lavender Onyx is microcrystalline quartzA hand carved soapstone incense holder in a floral inspired form soft pinkish base with light grey and beige veining running through the natural stone. Smooth surface, hand finished rather than mechanically polished, which gives the piece its characteristic soft tactile quality. Soapstone (mineralogical name steatite) is a talc based metamorphic rock and one of the softest stones in widespread use. It has one of the longest continuous histories of any