Crystals for cheese making

[theFeeLion]

Hi lovely people!

I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to what crystals could be used in a cheese maturing room. It's an odd question I know but one that has come up in conversation at my new job. My boss and I think it could work really well with the artisan goats cheese that we make...

I was thinking we would need to use crystals that can be easily cleaned or put them into some sort of lidded container...

Any ideas?

♡ Fee

[SpiritTalker]

I wonder if milky quartz would serve? Raw pieces look like cheese; & druzy quartz with it's sparkles growing on the surface. Placing some in the room or along side the cheeses as they cure would be all you'd do.

[theFeeLion]

Thanks SpiritTalker I'll have a look at those ones [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

I was also thinking it could be good to use ones that are indigenous to NZ, so I'm looking into what we have here and seeing how they could work for us. Not sure how it will work out though...

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[SpiritTalker]

Quartz is everywhere, but I imagine NZ has plenty of volcanic obsidian.

[theFeeLion]

Yeah we do it might be a bit powerful for use with cheese though.

Turns out I should be able to find nice big chunks of white quartz around one of the nearby rivers

We do get a little kyanite which I think could be really good, I also thought maybe amazonite (not found in nz but still) and possibly amethyst

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[SpiritTalker]

Well you could place individual stones by different cheeses and observe the effects. I hope you report back. This is interesting.

[Shireside]

Crystal magic newb, here. What is the purpose of crystals in this usage? Are you... enchanting cheese?

Please say you're enchanting cheese.

[theFeeLion]

I'm hoping that choosing the right crystals to sit in the maturing room will impart beneficial properties into the cheese. So I guess the answer is yes, I'll be enchanting the cheese

I will keep you updated with what we decide on

Ooo petrified wood could be another good one...

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[theFeeLion]

Update:

I now have a short list of crystals...

Blue Kyanite
Amazonite
Amethyst
Carnelian
Petrified Wood
Grossular Garnet
Rose Quartz
Quartzite (aka snow/milky/white quartz)
Fuchsite
Aotea Stone (a combo of blue kyanite, fuchsite and quartz)
Rhodonite

All of them (except amazonite) can be found in NZ.
I've passed the list on to my boss, along with their corresponding meanings so hopefully there will be a decision soon.

Whatever we choose will be going into a container of some sort for health a safety reasons. Is there anything I need to know about what kind of container it should be that won't affect the crystals?