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Crystal Towers & Pyramids

A tower is a stone polished into six flat faces rising to a single point, beta, about 8 to 10 cm tall. It stands upright on a desk or a shelf and holds its place, which is exactly what people like about it.

Clear quartz for a work desk and a clear head, amethyst for the bedside, rose quartz for a room that needs softening, and black tourmaline near the door. The rose quartz pyramid does the same job in a different shape: keep it pointing up and leave it be.

Each tower is natural stone from a batch tested by a gem lab in Jaipur, polished by hand, so the faces and colour vary a little from piece to piece. A tower makes a good gift for a new desk or a new home: it needs no explaining and no care beyond a dry cloth.

Towers look lovely in pairs: clear quartz for yourself and rose quartz for someone you love, or amethyst for the bedroom and black tourmaline for the door. On one shelf together, their faces catch the light at different angles through the day. Each is a little different from the next, which is the charm of a hand-polished stone.

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Common questions

Stand it where you spend time and want a steady feeling: a work desk, a bedside table, a bookshelf, or near the entrance for black tourmaline. Keep it point up. In Vastu the north-east suits calming stones like amethyst and clear quartz.

A pyramid gathers and steadies the energy of one spot, so it suits a fixed place rather than being carried: a desk, an altar shelf, the money corner of the home (south-east in Vastu), or the bedroom for rose quartz. Point it upward and leave it be.

Wipe it with a dry cloth and take care not to knock the point, which can chip. Rest it in the moonlight once a month if you like. Black tourmaline should stay dry; the others are fine with a quick cool rinse.

Descriptions of what stones are “for” reflect traditional folklore, not medical fact.

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