Hi there!

While looking at that it appears you are getting an incredible amount of product for a small price. The thing to consider here is source and quality. Looking through the reviews I saw a lot that mentioned bugs and the like. Another thing I noticed is that the stones appeared to have coloration that indicates dye or heat treatment to enhance the color. This is fine and I work with several stones that are heat-treated or coated (like aqua aura) but I am very particular about source of stones as many are simply strip mined and the stones then inferior or damaged energetically. I buy a majority of my crystals from the SM shoppe as I know the quality is incredible.

Personally, I get all my herbs from Mountain Rose Herbs. Each of their herbs, teas and such are incredibly high quality and never out dated, which is a definite concern anywhere else. Once upon a time, we sold herb kits in the shoppe. We discontinued them as they do not sell frequently enough and we ended up throwing stock out after a year (shelf life) and that is wasteful so until herbs sell better we removed them. Maybe one day we will bring them back, but until then we get our herbs for our own practice at Mountain Rose. I would definitely recommend that versus anything on Amazon.

Blessings to you, Lunas!