Brazilian Amazonite 4x6mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 InchBrazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally translucent milky white. It is named for the Amazon River in Brazil, where the stones are thought to have been originally found, however they are not currently sourced from that particular region. Amazonite has a long and illustrious history dating back to Mesopotamia. It was used in the Egyptian Book of the

The color of Smoky Quartz is due to natural irradiation and traces of aluminum within the cryst

Charoite is a stone that naturally occurs in intense purple hues

Shears leave a clean

which tends to be a strong blue color

calcium carbonate and other materials

and the sheets and flakes of mica are flexible

but differ in chemical composition

Its name is taken from the Greek word “rhyax

a 19th-century German professor of chemistry and mineralogy

It sometimes features dark brown to black dendritic inclusions that branch like tiny tree limbs through the stone

as well as the amount of patterning

Naturally occurring in hues of blue-green to green with spots and streaks of red