American anxiety drives a crystal boom: 'People are looking for healing'

The coronavirus pandemic and a bitter election season have helped sales of goods associated with metaphysical wellness to soarBrian Busse heaves a pickaxe against the side of Colorado’s formidable Mt Antero, 12,000 feet above sea level. Up here, the air is so thin that it offers little resistance and his stroke sends shards of light gray granite flying against the stark blue sky. A burly figure in a sweat-stained leather hat, Busse picks through the shards in search of treasure.A 58-year-o