Here's the truth,
There are very few crystal brands that can say they have team members who regularly visit the mines and oversee workers and conditions, but we can. Most crystal companies make ethical claims but have never visited the mines they source their crystals from and purely just take someones word for it. 'Ethically sourced' is a buzz claim that everyone throws around with little to no evidence to back that claim up.
Every crystal we sell, our sourcing member has visited the mines directly, and continues to attend regularly, this is the only way we could ever tell you our crystals are consciously sourced. We have great, long lasting and deep rooted connections with our mines.
Environmental Impact:
We are proud to be operate on a 'low environmental impact' mission. Meaning every day we aim to minimise impact on the environment. We do this by using small hand tools that are less destructive and invasive. We also work closely with the governments within each country to communicate on what is best to do with an environment that has been mined, for example, sometimes we use our mining landscapes to create habitats for animals and create life saving water holes that fill with water in rainy season and then in dry season the animals have water to drink. This can be life saving to animals. Our efforts are always to preserve life, landscapes and to help animals thrive. This then means sometimes we have an extremely positive positive effect on the environment. We also monitor the environment and can see that our tiny mining footprint is extremely minimal to planet earth. Also worldwide, mining footprints physically disturb an incredibly small percentage of the Earth's total land area, well under 1% globally. And it is also true that of the 1%, Mother Nature will repair and replenish herself year after year. We will always keep our promise to you to keep our standards high, impact to the environment low and crystals absolutely awesome.
Moldavite Mining
We only purchase Moldavite from the only open legal mine in Chlum with a mining permit. Moldavite mining without a permit is illegal and this is to ensure that the environment is protected and people can't just start digging holes anywhere they choose to. This also means we pay higher taxes on our Moldavite because it is legally mined and purchased.
Our ethos
We have actually turned down connections before due to poor working conditions, low pay and people not being well treated. Every connection we have is important to us and we are very proud to pay our miners a good wage. We create jobs for local people to mine local mines which then ensures people can feed families with the wages they are paid. It's important to us that it is the locals who are profiting off their lands being mined. We ensure regular visits take place to the mines and also factories to ensure we are upholding our high level of care. It simply would not be enough for us to just tell you we are ethical and conscious, this way we have real evidence and reassurance that we practice what we preach.
