Premium White Copal (Bursera Bipinnata) Mexico smudge sticks Pliny described agates marked with

Pliny described agates marked with the figures of trees in the first century

fine-grained toughness that let carvers work them without shattering

the same species as emerald - iron turns it blue where chromium turns emerald green - and at Mohs 7

a different species and a different botanical family from Santalum album

Premium White Copal (Bursera Bipinnata) Mexico smudge sticks Pliny described agates marked withWhite Copal is the incense an entire continent burned for thousands of years before contact with the rest of the world. The Aztec word copalli simply means "incense" Mexico names the resin by the word for incense itself. On charcoal it opens bright and citric, with a soft pine warmth that follows. The tears melt rapidly into the disc, leaving no residue easier on a daily burner than the harder Hojari or Maydi grades. Lighter, faster, more sociable