Amazonite 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 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

Dragon Blood Jasper is a variety of Quartz with veins of blood red that run through the predominantly light green to dark green stone

Due to its natural porosity

” Tourmaline began to be highly prized after George Kunz

Golden Blood Quartz is a clear to milky to white silicon dioxide mineral

and an Amazonite ring was found among the treasures in King Tutankhamun’s tomb

It is opaque

Mined in Norway

Terra Agate contains the best of nature in a variety of small shapes

but it can also occur as orange

Mohs hardness 7

and it is the official birthstone of that month

Once cooled