The Library of Crystals

The Library of Crystals is one of The Nine Great Libraries. It is by far the most beautiful of the Nine, constructed almost entirely out of gemstones and crystals that would be considered exceedingly rare on Earth. Many if not most of its tomes are made from crystals or consist of leather-bound works with crystalline pages. Rather than conventional ink which seems to comprise most of the documents in other libraries, crystalline pages are etched; a painstaking process with a marvelous result. The entire Library glimmers and shines with an internal, ethereal light. Many who enter its halls are awestruck and immediately fall upon their faces, weeping. Mystic Wanderers who attend The Library of Crystals are draped with the rarest of the gems that occur within its depths which they have found in their travels. Some wear cloth woven from crystalline threads the width of spider-silk, and the strength of layered steel.

Most tomes within this library describe complex and arcane chemical processes that can be used to create any manner, color, size, shape, texture, or luminescence of crystal.