How to Choose a Crystal
Everyone will tell you what a stone means. Almost nobody tells you whether the one in your hand is any good. Dyed agate, heat treated citrine sold as natural, glass passed off as mineral, a geode that is mostly basalt behind a thin crystal skin: how to choose a crystal comes down to looking properly for about a minute before you pay. Origin, terminations and treatment all tell their own story, once you know where to look…
