Black Gold Amazonite 8mm Large Hole Round - 8-InchBlack Gold Amazonite is a member of the Feldspar family and varies in hue from robins egg blue to blue green to black, occasionally mingled with rust brown. This variety of Amazonite is actually a combination of Amazonite, Tourmaline and Pyrite. Amazonite 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 this region.

intricate patterns of minute black flecks

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

and architecture

where the stones are thought to have been originally found

ranges in color from light to dark green

Malachite was used extensively as decoration in the palaces of Russian tsars and forms the columns of St

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Like all other natural turquoise

Sonora Jasper is the trade name for Sonora Dendritic

it is found in a pale and earthy green

where it was observed that the stone was often carried by eagles to their nests

Boulder Opal is a golden-brown to dark brown stone