Enter the Earth — Local services in Asheville

I have been in Asheville for three weeks and found this gem on Google Maps. I was searching for stone shops nearby to buy clear quartz for meditation purposes, and I chose this store mainly because I love its name.

Enter the Earth is located in a shopping mall named Grove Arcade. The manager, Renee, and the staff here are friendly and helpful, which was a pleasant surprise, quite contrary to some not-so-great reviews I read. I noticed five little kids exploring the store, checking out the stones and angel figurines, and the staff didn't hover over them.

The manager asked me where I am from and she mentioned if I want anything shipped to Taiwan, she'd be willing to help out.

I've been to some stone shops in Asia, Europe and a few in the States, this small shop is one of the most organized and informative ones I've come across. They have clear labels, and well designed layout. The shop is clean and has such a positive energy! I felt happy just browsing and going on a little treasure hunt in there. All the stones are carefully selected and neatly taken care of; they just sparkle with joy and happiness.

I ended up buying a small pyrite, a beautiful clear quartz, and a mini size merkaba. They are all reasonably priced and come with information cards.

It felt like destiny because they had just received the clear quartz the day before and put it out on the shelf!

I'll definitely be coming back to this store to learn more about the stones and simply enjoy the abundance that Mother Earth has blessed us with.

Thank you Enter the Earth! Keep up...

The gemstones, jewelry and minerals they have are beautiful and amazing quality. Their prices used to be very reasonable but over the last year they have increased significantly - I'd guess about 30%. The person who is the manager/owner is often negative which is hard to believe based on the good energy from the gems. One example is from this past week. On a shelf they have a nice selection of blue fluorite, labeled as such. I brought one to the counter to pay and I complimented her on that selection. She told me "it's Not blue" It's the tone, and this happens every time I've been there. I always just ignored it because of the selection and price but with the price increases I'm not going there anymore. Very bummed about it :( ADDITION - after reading the response I figured out how to term the tone -...

Great stones and items. I normally walk out every visit spending a few hundred $$$ ... today was different. I "WAS" wearing my mask, like a good boy, up over the point of my nose... older lady walked up to me asking me to put my mask over my nose...umm, it was. It was uncalled for! I told her that "Asheville needs to relax on the mask police a bit", she responded "I can't hear you"... my response was that "you probably don't want to hear what I really have to say" .... you lost a customer because of you snippy response... and you get a google review. Kind of sad because they do have great product that I've really enjoyed. I also had 6 friends in my group that all saw the incident and are...