Deep Selenite Smudge Bowl (3 in.)

Selenite is the one stone that does not need charging, which is why every crystal collection eventually ends up with a piece of it acting as the staging area for everything else. Set your stones in this bowl overnight and let it do the housekeeping. It is named for Selene, the Greek moon goddess, and the resemblance is obvious the moment you hold it up to light.

Carved deep enough to actually hold what you put in it. Use it as the resting place for rings, pendulums and tumbled stones at the end of the day, and as the overnight station for anything you have been working with hard. Do not burn in it. We had this page recommending it as a burn dish and that was wrong: selenite is gypsum, soft enough to scratch with a fingernail, and it begins breaking down into plaster at temperatures a charcoal disc passes within seconds. Sand will not save it.

Ways to Use It

Rest crystals in it overnight after a heavy reading or a hard week. Keep it on the altar as the place where small tools land so they are never scattered. Set a piece of jewelry you use for working in it between uses. Use it as a salt or water dish only if you keep the contents in a separate liner, because selenite dissolves.

Try It With

A 3 inch Selenite Wand to sweep the air above it. If you came here wanting something to burn resin in, the soapstone smudge bowl is the one that takes a charcoal disc without complaint, and it pairs with Three Kings Charcoal Disks and Frankincense Resin. More in our resin incense collection.

Good to Know

3 inches, made in Morocco. Ethically mined and polished at a family-owned operation with low-impact methods and good working conditions for the miners and finishers. Natural stone, so translucency and banding vary.

Safety

Selenite is soft and water-soluble. Never wash it or leave it anywhere damp, since it will pit and dissolve. Dust with a dry cloth. Do not burn anything in it, with or without sand.