Sirens

Circe, taking me by the hand, drew me away from all my shipmates and warned, ‘Venture forth and no longer see your children in joy, crowding about, home from the see, for the Sirens will sing your mind away.’

Calcite on Quartz with Sphalerite Elmwood Mine, USA 8.5 cm tall x 8.5 cm wide Sold

Azurite with Malachite Milpillas Mine, Mexico 15.5 cm tall x 31 cm wide

‘Steer wide and keep well to seaward. Plug your oarsman’s ears with beeswax kneaded soft. Take care that none shall hear that song.’

‘But if you wish to listen let your men tie you in the lugger. Bound hand and foot, lashed to the mast, so you may hear those harpies’ thrilling voices.’

Pink Fluorite on Dolomite Aiguille Verte, France 12.7 cm tall x 8.9 cm wide Sold

Copper Michigan, USA 12.7 cm tall x 11.5 cm wide Sold

‘Shout as you will, begging to be untied, your crew must only twist more line around you, and keep their stroke up till the singers fade.’

The Sirens saw us coming and raised their melodious songs, ‘Come this way Odysseus, stay your ship and listen to our voice. No man ever yet sailed past this place without first listening to the voice which sounds from our lips, sweet as honey.’

Tourmaline with Smoky Quartz and Cleavelandite Paprok Mine, Afghanistan 10.2 cm tall x 20.5 cm wide Sold

Rubellite Tourmaline on Quartz with Cleavelandite Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Russia 19 cm tall x 23 cm wide Sold

So they sang in lovely tones. From the bottom of my heart I longed to listen and I ordered the men to set me free.