One of a kind Tree of Life was created with Raw Stone from Quartzsite AZ. The leaves are green colorful beads and gold-copper wire. The Stone is a cut of desert rose and quartz. This piece stands at 4 inches high.  The desert rose and quartz is what it looks like before it transforms into a crystal that millions of years it takes to form. Created while boondocking at Quartzsite, AZ by MAP.

Desert Rose is known for its amazing properties of encouraging friendship, love, and harmony in relationships. It can quiet worries and bring mental clarity to oneself. Desert rose allows one to have heart-centered thoughts and brings clarity to understanding one’s own emotional body. Believed to build strong decision-making abilities and brings forth inspire truth and honesty.

Quartz is believed to help in healing and connecting to spiritual path when in meditation. They hold energy and is believed to hold memories of all who wear them. Quartz healing may promote the release of negativity and stimulate positive thoughts and feelings. Quartz has been used since ancient times, as it was believed to be a source of power and energy. While they believed this on an intuitive level, modern measuring equipment has proved this to be correct.
Quartz is one of the most abundant minerals, and as a major constituent in many rocks, it is an important rock-forming mineral. It has been estimated that they can grow about one atomic layer per year ( a two centimeter growing over a period of ten million years). The Quartz's found in Quartzsite were rocks that were formed by erupting volcanoes.