{"product_id":"green-pastures","title":"Green Pastures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Lord is my shephard; I shall not want.  He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me besides still waters\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Psalm 23:1-2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe imagery of green pastures represents peace, serentiy and God's provision - a place of rest and comfort.   A place that we are invited to, to take a break from our worries and troubles and to lay our burdens before Him.  When we accept the invitation to rest, we discover His grace covers us like a soft green blanket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-picked from the shores of  Plymouth, Massachusetts, this Green Pastures stone is a unique find.  Deep blue-green to near-black, scattered with golden-yellow blooms, pitted with ancient voids, and hiding a flash of turquoise.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet it on a desk, a windowsill, garden altar - or beside your favorite resting spot. Let it remind you to be still.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Stone\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLikely \u003cstrong\u003eepidosite or epidote-rich metabasalt\u003c\/strong\u003e — a metamorphic rock formed when ancient volcanic basalt was transformed by heat and water deep in the earth. The result is one of the most mineralogically complex stones found on any New England shore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe deep blue-green to near-black matrix\u003c\/strong\u003e — the original basaltic rock, transformed under pressure. The color comes from \u003cem\u003echlorite and actinolite\u003c\/em\u003e — minerals that form when volcanic rock is slowly altered by the Creator’s hand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe golden-yellow blobs and patches\u003c\/strong\u003e — these are \u003cem\u003eepidote\u003c\/em\u003e, a calcium-aluminum silicate mineral that forms during metamorphism of basalt. The density and size of the epidote in this stone is exceptional — most greenschist has epidote as a minor accent. This stone is dominated by it, scattered across the surface like sunlight breaking through a canopy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe pitted vesicular texture\u003c\/strong\u003e — those small holes across the dark matrix are vesicles — gas bubbles from the original volcanic rock, preserved in stone. Some are partially filled with epidote beginning to form inside them. Ancient process, frozen mid-breath.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe flash of turquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e — visible in several angles, that tiny pop of blue-green is almost certainly \u003cem\u003emalachite or chrysocolla\u003c\/em\u003e — copper-bearing minerals that occasionally appear in metamorphosed volcanic rock. Rare. Easy to miss. Worth finding.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe cream and lavender-pink interior zones\u003c\/strong\u003e — likely \u003cem\u003eprehnite or calcite\u003c\/em\u003e, filling the larger cavities where the surface has opened up. Soft and luminous against the dark matrix.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot polished. Not treated. What you see is exactly what rode in on the waves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHand-collected from America’s Hometown, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Never tumbled. Never treated. One of a kind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.55 lbs  |  \u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Plymouth, MA  |  \u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural, unpolished\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New England Nova","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44766314528813,"sku":"GREEN-001","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/4276\/9453\/files\/GR1.jpg?v=1774826185","url":"https:\/\/newenglandnova.shop\/products\/green-pastures","provider":"New England Nova","version":"1.0","type":"link"}