Orgonite is a cast object: polyester or epoxy resin poured over metal shavings and crystal, usually quartz, and set into a shape — most often a pyramid. It is a modern craft material with a specific and traceable origin.
Where the idea comes from
Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian psychoanalyst who, from the 1930s, proposed a universal life energy he called orgone and built devices intended to accumulate it. The scientific establishment rejected the work; Reich was eventually imprisoned in the United States in a case about interstate sale of his devices, and died there in 1957.
Orgonite itself is much later — a 1990s development by others, applying Reich's alternating organic and inorganic layering principle to a castable resin-and-metal matrix. So the object is about thirty years old and the theory behind it about ninety, and neither has support in mainstream physics.
What is claimed, and our position
The usual claims are that orgonite transmutes negative energy, balances a space, or mitigates electromagnetic fields. There is no evidence for any of these that we would put our name to, and the EMF claim in particular does not survive contact with how electromagnetic fields actually behave.
We sell orgonite because people want it and because a well-cast piece is a genuinely attractive object — the metal flake catches light through the resin in a way photographs never quite capture. We would rather sell it honestly on that basis than repeat claims we cannot support.
What to look for in a cast
Quality varies enormously. Look for clarity in the resin without cloudiness or yellowing, metal distributed through the piece rather than settled at the bottom, and a flat, properly finished base. Bubbles are the usual tell of a rushed pour — a few are normal, a foam of them is not.
Resin yellows in sunlight over years. A windowsill is the worst place for one.
Sizes
Small pyramids sit on a desk; larger ones are display objects and get heavy quickly, since resin and metal are dense. Check the stated dimensions rather than judging from a photograph — orgonite is routinely photographed in a way that makes a 50mm piece look considerably bigger.