Crystal Tripod Stand

For the Earth Goddess — who believes a good stone deserves a proper pedestal.

Three legs, splayed like a surveyor's tripod, and nothing else. The shape has been used to display specimens for a century because it argues with nothing: the metal disappears and the stone floats. Yours comes in gold brass or silver aluminum, and the finish you choose decides whether the piece reads warm or cool from across the room.

It will hold a sphere, a cluster, a raw specimen, a geode half — anything with a base too round or too irregular to sit still on its own. Put it on a windowsill where the afternoon light can get underneath it.

Small 4 in tall, 2.625 in wide · Large 4.375 in tall, 3.5 in wide · gold brass or silver aluminum · sphere or crystal not included