Unearthen make many beautiful and precious pieces of jewellery, but their crystal bullet necklaces are holding my attention. Each crystal is encased in a spent bullet and comes hanging in a wooden box with elements of nature, and includes a booklet outlining the properties of the crystal. As you’d expect, each piece is one of a kind.
The uniting of the crystal and empty bullet creates a powerful opposition, causing old dreams and new beginnings to fall upon it’s bearer. For this reason, the stone with the right properties for your needs will inherently attract you.
I was drawn to a stubby amethyst chain, shaped like a lipstick. Ancient Egyptians apparently used the amethyst guard against fearful feelings, while in dreamland it is meant to help insomnia.
My recent aesthetic obsession with crystals reminds me of my childhood, when my family would take summer holidays to Mt Maunganui (a sleepy beach town in the North Island of NZ). On the main street, alongside piercing parlours and used bookstores, there was a crystal store where I’d spend hours scouring the bins of semi-precious stones and checking out their whale song CDs. Actually, come to think of it they had a giant amethyst geode in the front window…
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