A small hand-wired tree: natural clear quartz chips on gold-tone wire branches, set into a cast orgonite base. 15 cm high on a 3 cm base, around 250 g — a desk or shelf piece.
Clear quartz, and the real physics behind the claims
Clear quartz is silicon dioxide, Mohs 7, and it has one genuine, technologically important property: it is piezoelectric. Squeeze a quartz crystal and a voltage appears across it; apply a voltage and it deforms. Cut a plate to size and it vibrates at a precise frequency — which is exactly how a quartz watch keeps time and how a radio holds a channel. Real physics, in real devices.
It is also the origin of nearly every claim that quartz amplifies energy, and it does not support them. Piezoelectricity needs mechanical force or an applied voltage. A chip wired to a branch is not oscillating, and nothing is being amplified. We give you the real property, and then say plainly where it stops.
What orgonite is — the honest version
Orgonite is metal and crystal cast in resin. The name comes from "orgone", a universal life energy proposed by Wilhelm Reich in the 1930s. Reich's claims were investigated, no such energy was ever demonstrated, and a US federal injunction in 1954 barred him from selling the devices built on it. Orgonite as a cast object appeared in the 1990s on the back of that idea.
What the base genuinely does: at 3 cm it is small, so its density is what keeps a wire tree from tipping. That is the job, and it does it.
The tradition, as tradition
Clear quartz is called the master healer in modern crystal practice and placed with the crown chakra; the tree of life is a growth symbol found across many cultures. Traditions, presented as traditions — the reason people choose a piece like this.
Specifications
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Material: Natural clear quartz chips, gold-tone wire, cast orgonite base (resin and metal)
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Hardness: Mohs 7
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Height: approx. 15 cm
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Base: approx. 3 cm diameter
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Weight: approx. 250 g
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Net quantity: 1 tree
Where people place it
- A desk, study table or bookshelf — at 15 cm it suits a spot where a full-size tree would crowd
- A meditation corner or bedside table
- Vastu and Feng Shui practice favour the south-east
- Somewhere daylight reaches it — light through clear chips is most of the effect
Care
- Never rinse or soak it. This is a wire-and-adhesive tree — water works into the wraps and the base and loosens them, usually permanently. Dust dry with a soft brush.
- No solvents on the resin base; they cloud it and it cannot be polished out.
- Resin yellows over years of harsh UV, so keep it off a hot windowsill.
- Lift by the base, never the branches. The wire holds whatever shape you bend it into, so a tree compressed for shipping opens out by hand.
Our S.P.A.C.E. process
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S — Sourced: natural clear quartz, selected by hand
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P — Purified: cleansed before crafting
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A — Activated: Reiki-charged, with an intention set for the piece
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C — Crafted: hand-wired, chip by chip
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E — Examined: checked before dispatch
Packaging
Premium gift box with the S.P.A.C.E. process card, covering provenance, care and how we intention-charge each piece.
Natural variation
Chip size, clarity and branch arrangement differ on every tree, and no two resin casts are identical.
What this is, and what it isn't
This is a decorative object of stone, wire and resin. It does not amplify energy or intentions, create or maintain an energy flow, bring abundance, or affect anyone's clarity, focus, calmness or emotional balance. Orgone energy has never been shown to exist, and there is no evidence that any stone produces physical or psychological effects. Nothing here is medical or psychological advice. What it honestly is: a small, well-made thing that catches light on a desk, standing for whatever you decided it stands for.