Crystals / Gem Stones
- Micro: extractive practices,
mining; retail, boutique shops
o Visible: ‘brand-less’ as the brand; purchase
o Invisible: actual labor of extractive practices
Meso: contradictions between discursive
framework (‘good vibes’) and their production; Gwyneth Paltrow; supply chains
(intermediary things; movement; production); Etsy; Tucson Gem Show; Pagan
spiritual traditions; differentiation between precious vs. semi-precious crystals
o Visible: discourse
o Invisible: supply chains; production (machinic interventions)
- Macro: geological deep time of
crystals; systems of labor; digital infrastructure (management, distribution)
o Visible: actual crystal
o Invisible: deep time, digital infrastructure, destruction of ecosystem
for extraction
She Brakes for Rainbows (Dan's Aunt's shop), Professional Hippie
"Dark crystals: The brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze"
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/17/healing-crystals-wellness-mining-madagascar
Pratt Daddy
https://prattdaddycrystals.com/
*Crystallography - used to analyze DNA
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