Premium White Copal (Bursera Bipinnata) Mexico — 25g Amazonite Polished to a metallic shine

Polished to a metallic shine

the word travelled east as chán in Chinese and zen in Japanese

A different growth on every stone

looking machined but wholly natural

Premium White Copal (Bursera Bipinnata) Mexico — 25g Amazonite Polished to a metallic shinePremium White Copal from Mexico pale, brittle resin tears from Bursera bipinnata, part of the wider Burseraceae family that includes frankincense and myrrh on the Old World side and palo santo on the New World side. The lightest grade in the Mexican copal tradition copal blanco in Spanish. On charcoal: opens lemony and bright with a piney note, then settles into soft balsam with a faint floral edge. Lighter than frankincense; sweeter than myrrh;