OUR STORY · DONGHAI, CHINA

Our story begins with the stone.

StoryCrystal grows out of our work in raw-crystal sourcing, trading and processing in Donghai, China. We bring that experience to crystals and gemstone jewelry for your home, your collection and your business.

Natural quartz · AI-edited editorial image
Natural quartz · AI-edited editorial image
01Overseas sourcing
02Processing in Donghai
03Retail & trade

A PERSONAL STORY

My story with crystals began at sixteen.

I first became involved with crystals when I was 16. Over the years, I have travelled to mining areas across Africa and worked with many kinds of crystal products. My understanding of the trade has grown through those visits, working with the material and developing products.

Today, those experiences are the foundation of StoryCrystal. I want to share the crystal materials and craftsmanship I have come to know with collectors, individual buyers and shop owners.

A day at the crystal market
A day at the crystal market

ROOTED IN DONGHAI

A place where crystal is everyday life.

Donghai is part of our working world: crystal markets, raw-material trading and the workshops that cut, carve and polish. Our connection to this local industry is central to the way we source and develop our business.

DONGHAI
JIANGSU · CHINA

OUR SOURCING BACKGROUND

Across borders. Connected by the material.

Our raw-crystal sourcing background includes Brazil, Uruguay, Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania. Each place connects us with different materials and a different part of the crystal trade.

BrazilUruguayMadagascarMozambiqueTanzania

These countries describe our sourcing background. The origin of an individual item depends on that piece.

FROM ROUGH TO REFINED

A finished piece begins with the rough.

Cutting, shaping, carving and polishing give rough material a new form. Our work includes finished-piece processing in Donghai, connecting the raw-crystal trade with pieces made to be worn, displayed and collected.

Stone cutting · logos retouched with AI
Stone cutting · logos retouched with AI

ORGONE PYRAMID WORKSHOP

Making orgone pyramids.

Alongside raw-crystal sourcing, I have worked with crystal-related products such as orgone pyramids. From combining materials and working with moulds to organising finished pieces, this experience informs how I understand craftsmanship and choose products.

A worker making orgone pyramids with materials and moulds at a bench
Orgone pyramid making
Rows of orgone pyramid moulds containing coloured materials on workbenches
Pyramid moulds on the workbench
Finished orgone pyramids arranged in trays along storage shelves
Finished orgone pyramids on shelves
Choosing and organising the collection
Choosing and organising the collection

CHOOSING THE COLLECTION

Experience behind the selection.

Our work has taken us through many kinds of crystal products, from rough material to polished pieces. Working with different forms, colours and finishes is part of how we build collections for individual buyers and wholesale customers.

PACKING & DISPATCH

The work continues until the boxes leave.

Packing and dispatch are part of our everyday work with crystals. Cartons are packed, grouped onto pallets, wrapped and labelled before dispatch. These working moments are part of the story behind each shipment.

Pallets of shipping cartons at a warehouse entrance; labels and composition retouched with AI
Pallets awaiting dispatch · AI-retouched
Cardboard cartons secured to a wooden pallet with wrapping film and green straps
Wrapped and strapped for the journey
A worker attaching a label to a wrapped pallet of cartons
Preparing the shipping labels
A worker in an open-sided delivery truck beside packed cartons
Loading and dispatch

Questions are welcome.

If you would like to know more about a material, a finish or a piece you have seen, send us the product link and your question. For business purchases, tell us what you are looking for.

Ask about a piece

YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

For your collection. Or the one you are building.

FOR YOU

Explore crystals and gemstone jewelry for collecting, gifting and everyday spaces.

Explore the shop

FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Talk to us about finished crystals and wholesale sourcing for your store or collection.

Explore wholesale

About these images

The market, workshop, selection and shipping images were supplied by StoryCrystal. The quartz hero and three additional processing images are third-party industry illustrations. AI edits and sources are identified below.

A day at the crystal market

A day at the crystal market

Photograph supplied by StoryCrystal. Framing is adjusted to the page layout.

Stone cutting · logos retouched with AI

Stone cutting · logos retouched with AI

The original was supplied by StoryCrystal. Commercial printing on the coat and foreground sack was cleaned with AI. Small details may differ from the original.

Cutting material for crystal beads

Cutting material for crystal beads

Third-party Donghai industry photograph, retouched with AI. It illustrates a process and does not establish ownership of the pictured workshop.

Donghai Fabu / Yunzheng Crystal · 2016 ↗
Refining carved details

Refining carved details

Third-party Donghai industry photograph, retouched with AI. It illustrates a process and does not establish ownership of the pictured workshop.

Donghai Crystal City / Xinhua · 2018 ↗
Equipment for drilling crystal beads

Equipment for drilling crystal beads

Third-party Donghai industry photograph, retouched with AI. It illustrates a process and does not establish ownership of the pictured workshop.

Donghai Fabu / Yunzheng Crystal · 2016 ↗
Orgone pyramid making

Orgone pyramid making

Supplied by StoryCrystal as an image of the orgone pyramid production workshop. The supplied version is used without further visual editing.

Pyramid moulds on the workbench

Pyramid moulds on the workbench

Supplied by StoryCrystal as an image of the orgone pyramid production workshop. The supplied version is used without further visual editing.

Finished orgone pyramids on shelves

Finished orgone pyramids on shelves

Supplied by StoryCrystal as an image of the orgone pyramid production workshop. The supplied version is used without further visual editing.

Choosing and organising the collection

Choosing and organising the collection

Photograph supplied by StoryCrystal. Framing is adjusted to the page layout.

Pallets awaiting dispatch · AI-retouched

Pallets awaiting dispatch · AI-retouched

Supplied shipping photograph, retouched with AI to remove label text and adjust tilt and exposure. Some scene details were reconstructed; it is an edited illustration of the supplied scene.

Wrapped and strapped for the journey

Wrapped and strapped for the journey

Photograph supplied by StoryCrystal. Framing is adjusted to the page layout.

Preparing the shipping labels

Preparing the shipping labels

Photograph supplied by StoryCrystal. Framing is adjusted to the page layout.

Loading and dispatch

Loading and dispatch

Photograph supplied by StoryCrystal. Framing is adjusted to the page layout.