The Selenite Lamp Review

Thinking of picking up a selenite lamp? We received a selenite lamp from Love Selenite about a year ago now, and it is high time we wrote a review.

Let’s start with a brief overview of what selenite crystals actually are and how they form. If you are not interested in the geology, then feel free to skip ahead to the selenite lamp parts.

What is Selenite?

Selenite is a variety of gypsum, a soft mineral which forms in places where there used to be salt water, but there isn’t anymore. It is a sulfate mineral that is derived from the salts that used to be in the water, but that now have nowhere to go.

Salty water left behind by dried up sea lochs and the likes can eventually crystallise into selenite… though it takes a theorised million years+. Selenite crystals are therefore found in places like desert basins, dried up valleys, and in places you might not expect to find them!

Selenite is a sedimentary rock. There are three broad rock types, igneous (volcanic), metamorphic (‘morphs’ over time), and sedimentary (made up of smaller sediment particles). Since the small salt particles which make up selenite are sediment left behind from the ocean that then come together to form selenite, this sees it fall into the sedimentary category.

There is a prevailing myth that selenite can’t get wet. It can get wet, but it is delicate. If you left it under the tap for a week it would eventually wear away. Dipping it in warm water to clean it once in a while won’t do any damage, just keep the chemicals away from it.

What is a Selenite Lamp?

The good folks over at Love Selenite got in touch with us last year and asked if we would host a guest post for them. In exchange, they sent over one of their selenite lamps for the Stone Circle team to play with.

Our Selenite lamp for review

What does the selenite lamp look like?

This selenite lamp comes in two parts. It features a USB connection on a white wire. On the other side of the wire is a small but bright LED bulb. It is almost identical in brightness to my daylight lamp when set to the one that reminds me of the sky just before it snows.

The second part of the selenite lamp is a selenite tower with the middle piece removed and a groove carved into the base to accommodate the wire and allow the whole lamp to sit flat.

How to use your Selenite Lamp

There is no on or off switch, you just plug it in or unplug it via USB. I have a bunch of old chargers for phones around the house so I stole a plug from one of them to plug it into the wall, but you can just use your laptop or console.

The wire has a USB connection at one end and a bulb on the other.

What We Liked:

There are multiple things we like about this lamp. It is very portable. I can pack it in my handbag if I want to. It’s a sturdy piece of selenite, a pretty piece which I think has been carved into this shape, but I could be wrong.

The bulb is not permanently attached to the selenite. This is a great feature because even if you break the bulb or wire part, you can keep the selenite. Likewise, you can also use the bulb part for other purposes if you somehow shatter your selenite. We would use this type of bulb in a mineral cabinet. LED makes our quartz druzy sparkle.

Here you can see where the bottom is carved to allow room for the wire.

What We Didn’t Like:

We would have to really nit pick to find something. Probably the ability to opt to put batteries in the wiring as well as plug it in? But that’s borderline ridiculous. I just can’t figure out how I can get it to display beside my other minerals in the enclosed cabinet. I will find a way, don’t worry.

A Selenite Circle, photo by the Stone Circle.

What is a Selenite Lamp Good For?

If you are a geologist? It is pretty. It literally lights up the room. You can skip the next part.

Crystal healers use selenite crystal charging plates to nullify any past energies attached to their crystals. When they use other crystals in a crystal healing treatment session, they put those crystals onto the selenite plate to cleanse the energy attached to them so that they are ready for the next person.

It stands to reason that the selenite lamp therefore promotes the same cleansing, purifying, and nullifying soft energy which selenite plates bring to the crystals, but into the very air of the room itself. Promote peace, calm, and serenity in your healing sessions or use these lamps to create an atmosphere of relaxation.

This photo shows where the bulb goes.

Where to Place Your Selenite Lamp?

If you place it next to your bed it will give a nice, soft light which isn’t too intrusive for last thing at night. It gives enough light to read by, but not to light up the whole room. It is an atmospheric light.

You might keep it in the living room where it will look great on a shelf. Just keep it out of the wet rooms of your house. Again, the damp will eventually wear it away, but the chemicals used in cleaning these rooms can do faster damage. Baking soda and citrus fruits can break down sulfate minerals eventually so be careful.

Isn't it pretty? I have had this for roughly a year now and have never experienced any broken parts. (Touched wood, don't worry!)

Where to Buy Selenite?

We would obviously prefer if you bought selenite from us, but this is a review of the Love Selenite, selenite lamp, so we really ought to tell you to buy it there.

Visit Love Selenite and check out the lamps or buy selenite in our selenite section. There’s not much in it at the moment but bear with us. We are waiting on some to show up in an old crystal collection so we can buy it!

Rating the Selenite Lamp Out of 5 Meteorites?

If we had to rate this out of five meteorites, we would give it a 4.8. If it changed colour, had extra features, or literally grew legs and started dancing, we could give it the full five. This is a product which is full of potential – a potential Love Selenite are fully exploring in their product collection.

We can confirm that they really do love their selenite.

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