- cross-posted to:
- myanmar
- cross-posted to:
- myanmar
“It’s called kyawthuite (cha-too-ite), a tiny, tawny-hued grain weighing just a third of a gram (1.61 carats). On first glance, you might mistaken it for amber or topaz; but the unassuming mineral speck has value beyond measure.”
It is kinda pretty, in a super 1974 kind of way I guess…
It was a different time back then.
Corinthean everything back then. Leather, columns, baby food… everything.