Irish Kilkenny Marble: Pocket Angel Stone to Keep You Safe

It was so popular, I bought two more as gifted.

This is a lovely piece of dark marble. From the picture the angel looks like it's inset with a lighter marble but it is not. It is just etched out of the dark piece.We are using this as a "message rock/stone" for my 5 year old daughter. Her Great Aunt who she was very close too recently passed away. At the funeral while putting flowers on/by the marble urn my daughter called it a "message rock" and said good bye to her Aunt and they she'd talk to her later. She then asked if we could come back to see the "message rock" so she could then send messages to Auntie. Knowing that the urn would be buried I told her that we would get a small message rock for home (5 hours away) so she could talk and send messages to Auntie any time she wanted and not just when we were vising Grandma. I think this has been a good way to help my daughter understand more about death and that even though her aunt is gone, that she's still with us even though we can't see her.P.S. Her Great Aunt was very proud of her Irish heritage so the Irish Marble was perfect for us.

The tin was dented but my major complaint is that this stone is Kilkenny marble, not Connemara. The stonew is grey/black instead of green. The tin is clearly labeled as Kilkenny but the listing says Connemara.