Floral Incense Holder-Multi Colored Lavender traded across the Neolithic Mediterranean

traded across the Neolithic Mediterranean

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

Onyx is microcrystalline quartz

liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)

Bead Size: 6mm

Floral Incense Holder-Multi Colored Lavender traded across the Neolithic MediterraneanA 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