Selenite – candlelight 1

Selenite’s Pale Walls and Amber Glow

Milky white and pale cream give this selenite candle holder a soft presence, with faint peach tones adding warmth. Made for a small tea light or LED tea light, its pale walls take on a warm orange glow in candlelight. Bright white highlights catch the outside. Fine vertical streaks run along the nearly straight sides, interrupted by irregular patches of rough-looking white.

Selenite takes its name from Selene, the Greek moon goddess—a reference to the pale, moon-like reflection it can show. Here, that lunar association meets a warmer light, bringing a gentle contrast to the upright cylindrical form.

Its rounded rim circles an open centre, like pale walls around a pool of amber light. The streaks and uneven patches give that little imagined cove its own contours.