Winter rains in An Najaf have drawn families to hunt for quartz stones in the desert, per The Insight International.
Local residents are collecting these treasured finds, which are believed to have spiritual significance, Shafaq News reports.
The area's unique geological features are becoming more visible due to the recent precipitation, offering new opportunities for stone collectors.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E2, nuclei; the pressure it names: desert stones. Its words also reach E7 ecosystems, E6 organisms and E9 cultures.
Here it is a dynamic between ecosystems, organisms and cultures: Winter rains, quartz stones, desert and geological features (E7 ecosystems), with families (E6 organisms), and stone collectors (E9 cultures).
The floor of the deep Earth and the stars.
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: Winter rains, quartz stones, desert, geological features, precipitation.
The floor of bodies and health. In this briefing: families.
The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: stone collectors.