Green Jade Crystal Pyramid Hojari Frankincense before the chalcedony sealed around

before the chalcedony sealed around them

A feldspar like the amazonite here: spare it hard knocks

The crystal face offers clarity and quiet strength

then turning toward fir-bark and old wood as the resin warms

with a soft waxy polish

Green Jade Crystal Pyramid Hojari Frankincense before the chalcedony sealed aroundJade green, smooth, cut to four faces and an apex, with the soft waxy sheen that sets it apart from glassier stones, carried and carved across the world for thousands of years. A pyramid. Jade is the name two minerals have shared for centuries nephrite, a tough amphibole, and jadeite, a rarer pyroxene both prized for the dense, fine grained toughness that let carvers work them without shattering, and both taking the same soft waxy polish. Its defining