Large crystals

Check out the world's largest amethyst crystal caves and some of the tallest smoky quartz geodes at the Crystal Castle outside Byron Bay Australia

Giant quartz crystal at the Chicago Botanical Gardens.

by Ashley Tibbits One of the things that makes Los Angeles’ Crystalarium one of our favorite stockists is the fact that it also happens to be one of the city’s first crystal shops. The beloved brick-and-mortar was first opened back in 1987 by graduate gemologist/jeweler Robin Banchik and ever since then it has establ

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Gustav with large crystal!

These lamps are made from giant quartz crystals, carved out at the base to have a space for a small light. They are about 12" to 20" tall and perhaps 6" or more wide. I felt pretty mixed about seeing them: as a grouping, it was attractive. But it does seem somehow soooo "commercial" to have descrated the crystals this way. Hmmmm.