LTDE24 Nº 030 — Tribal Tribute | Tribal Coin · Labradorite & Rhodochrosite Beaded Necklace

Alternating 4 mm Labradorite and Rhodochrosite gemstones form the body of Tribal Tribute, centred with a hand-hammered gold-vermeil Tribal Coin and finished with gold-vermeil chip accents and the Universe Burst emblem.

The beaded necklace is constructed for symbolic layering and everyday ritual wear.

Handmade in Melbourne, Australia. Each stone is hand-selected for its flash, pattern and natural character, ensuring every necklace carries its own ancestral expression.

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Anima Mundi ~ The Wheel of Life™ is Melana’s living compass of direction, element, season, archetype and alchemy. Each jewel is positioned within the Wheel to reveal the current it carries and the transformation it is designed to support.

Tribal Tribute is led by the Eagle of East, whose Air medicine clears perception and reveals the patterns carried through lineage. The Lioness of North supports this primary current through Fire, bringing courage, warmth and heart-led presence.

Together, Preparation and Combustion transform inherited memory into conscious expression. Labradorite strengthens visionary clarity, while Rhodochrosite softens intensity into relational courage and compassion.

The Seven Soul Gates decode the jewel’s deeper architecture—its guides, transformation, virtues, anchors and timing within the Wheel.

✦ Alignment Coordinates

Animal · Who — Eagle of East · Air + Lioness of North · Fire

Alchemy · Process — Preparation · Awakening + Combustion · Ignite · Pioneering + Stabilising Energy

Aspect · Life Areas — Voice · Speaking Truth · Naming Needs · Difficult Conversations + Desire · Creative Fire · Emotional Heat · Passionate Relationships

Aura · Virtues — Vision · Passion · Brave Compassion

Amplifiers · Raise — Tesseract · 5 · OM Seed Sound

Anchors · Ground — Labradorite · Rhodochrosite · Gotu Kola · Cacao · Tribal Tribute Necklace · Root → Crown + Heart → Sacral · Alpha 8–10 Hz + Beta 13–16 Hz

Alignment · When — Early Spring · Dawn · New Moon + Mid Summer · High Sun · Early Gibbous Moon

✦ Invocation

Eagle of dawn, lift my sight.

Lioness of flame, warm my courage.

Labradorite, clear the ancestral sky.

Rhodochrosite, keep my heart alive.

May I carry what came before with wisdom, release what is not mine to hold and move forward with vision, passion and brave compassion.

✦ Journey With Your Jewel

The Soul Journ™ | Alchemy Kit reveals the deeper symbolic architecture of the piece—its guides, stones, timing and ritual method—helping its meaning move from something understood into something lived.

Through the language of the Wheel, the jewel becomes a living point of return—transforming from a treasured adornment into a teacher to journey with.

✦ Deepen the Journey

Sometimes a jewel is the beginning of a deeper conversation.

Explore a guided Melana Journey to reveal the patterns, coordinates and rhythms active within your present season.

Or begin a Uniquely Yours commission with Melissa—translating your story, stones and symbols into a bespoke talisman, an embodied expression formed in resonance with you.

Tribal Tribute feels like a necklace with memory in its bones.

I was thinking about ancestry—not only in the grand sense of lineage, but in the quieter ways we carry family, culture, places, patterns and old stories through the body. Some strengthen us; others ask to be carried differently.

Labradorite brought the sky into the piece: perspective and vision. Rhodochrosite brought the heart back in: warmth, tenderness and the courage to feel what has shaped us. The Tribal Coin became their meeting point.

My hope is that Tribal Tribute helps you carry your story with more beauty and less burden.

With awe & wonder,
Mel x

The clasp fastening includes a 3 cm extension chain for adjustable wear.

Store the necklace flat or hanging as suited to its form, keeping pendants and beaded sections free from pressure. Avoid water, perfume, lotions, chemicals and impact, and wipe gently after wear.

Each piece is completed over approximately 4–8 weeks, unless marked in stock, and arrives nestled within a signature Terra Rosa pouch.

For elevated gifting, explore The Treasury Reliquary or The Traveller’s Reliquary | Grandidierite Green · Ritual Bundle.

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