Sandalwood Stupa Incense Sticks - Box of 40 Garnet Golden rutile - clear quartz

Golden rutile - clear quartz threaded with fine golden needles

held inside the crystal as it grew

It is the pink variety of spodumene

and four self-igniting charcoal tablets

dissolved through the silica to a glow that runs apricot to deep brownish-red

Sandalwood Stupa Incense Sticks - Box of 40 Garnet Golden rutile - clear quartzSandalwood is one of the most loved incense materials there is: a soft, creamy, warm wood that fills a room slowly. This stick keeps sandalwood at its centre and lifts it with two plants from the Nepali hills, greater cardamom and holy basil, for a green, lightly spiced top over the wood. Warm and creamy underneath, fresh and aromatic above. Hand mixed and hand rolled in the Kathmandu Valley, solid, no bamboo core. Sandalwood with a little more air