How to choose a crystal bracelet in India (without being sold a myth)
A plain guide to buying a crystal bracelet in India: spotting dyed glass, sizing your wrist, heat-treated citrine, and shops that overclaim.
Guides
What we actually know about crystals
Buying, caring for and choosing natural stone — including the parts that are inconvenient for us to tell you.
Feroza: why so many Indians wear turquoise, and what it actually means
The history of feroza in India, the nazar tradition behind it, and how to tell real turquoise from reconstituted before you buy.
How to clean and care for a crystal bracelet
Which stones hate water, which fade in sunlight, how long elastic cord lasts, and what the moonlight and rice traditions are really for.