Botanical Name: Boswellia Rivae

Origin: Ethiopia

Along with Plai and Strawberry Gum, Rivae has been at the top of my wanted list since I became aware of it a few years ago in the form of a tiny sample.

Certified Organic Frankincense Rivae essential oil is obtained by distillation of the resin, highly prized and extremely sought after.

To give you an idea of just how rare and special and treasured this is, out of all the many tens of thousands of essential oil suppliers on the internet you will be hard pressed to find more than 25 businesses that are able to offer it for sale on the internet and you would probably struggle to find as many as 5 suppliers of it in the UK.

Specs

Flash point: 41°C
Vapour pressure: NA
Specific gravity (20ºC): 0.820 to 0.915
Optical rotation (25ºC): - 26 º to + 35 º
Refractive index (20ºC): 1.400 to 1.565

GC/MS%

benzene , 1-methyl 0.70, alpha terpineol 0.29, delta 3-carene 0.15, alpha thujene 3.45, alpha-pinene 36.87, camphene 0.49, thuja-2,4-diene 0.20, para cymene 1.60, sabinene 1.28, b- pinene 5.80, 2-beta pinene 0.61, a- phellandrene 1.06, delta 3-carene 13.39, p cymene 0.52, ortho cymene 8.35 limonene 12.79, 1,8-cineole 0.19, gamma, terpinene 0.15, 5,7-dimethylenebicyclo 0.50, para cymenene 0.41, bicyclo heptane, 7,7-dimethyl 0.11, para cymene 0.17, alpha campholene aldehyde 0.26,1,3-dimethyl-1-cyclohexene 0.15, mentha-2,8-dien-1-ol 0.66, trans pinocarveol 0.83, cis verbenol 0.26
trans verbenol1.58,1,3,5-hexatriene, 2-methyl 0.25, isobornyl acetate 0.15, p-menth1,5-dien-8-ol 0.16, terpinnen-4-ol 1.33, 1-methyladmantane 0.31, p-cymen-8-ol 0.54,
beta fenchyl alcohol 0.57, myrtenol 0.70, verbenone 0.66, trans carveol 0.25, carvone 0.19, camphene 0.31, bornyl acetate 0.15, beta elemene 0.63, alpha terpinyl acetate 0.38