One piece of raw epidote, mounted on a slim black metal stand. The stone is deep green with a crystalline surface and has not been polished. With the stand it measures about 13 × 4.5 cm. Origin: India.
A Greek name meaning growth
Epidote takes its name from the Greek epidosis, meaning increase or growth. The French mineralogist René Just Haüy named it in 1801, because one side of the crystal is longer than the other. An older name, pistacite, referred to its colour.
Crystal tradition also calls it the stone of growth and links it with personal development. Its colour can be pistachio green or a very dark, almost blackish green. These specimens are in the deeper, earthy greens. Given that meaning, it makes a fitting present for a graduation or a new job.
Lifted up on its stand
The stand raises the stone above the table, so light reaches its crystal faces from several sides. You can place it on a desk, a bookshelf or in a glass cabinet. It takes up little room and will even fit on a windowsill between pot plants. The black stand and the dark green stone together look plain and quiet, so it sits well beside both older and modern furniture.
No two shaped alike
As a natural stone, each piece varies in shape, size and colour, and may differ from the photo. You receive one specimen with its own stand.
Epidote is nearly as hard as quartz, but the thin edges of raw crystals break easily. Do not rub the crystal surface. Sweep the dust away with a soft, dry brush, and do not wash it.