Black Mica Muscovite 12mm Round - 15-16 InchMica is a mineral name given to a group of minerals that are physically and chemically similar. They are all silicate minerals, known as sheet silicates because they form in distinct layers. Micas are fairly light and relatively soft, and the sheets and flakes of mica are flexible. Mica is heat resistant and does not conduct electricity. There are 37 different mica minerals. The most common include: purple lepidolite, black biotite, brown phlogopite

Approximate Hole Diameter: 2mm

Red Creek Jasper is named for the Red River in china where the stone was recently discovered

It was first found in the Unaka Mountains in Tennessee and North Carolina

Emerald has been prized and revered in many different cultures for over 6

often used in healing and meditation and as religious objects in funerary rites and to dispel evil

When they're dry

yellow and brown

nurturing emotional support

It won 1st price and has been used ever since in sculpture

has been excavated and repurposed into contemporary beads

Sard is not Onyx

It's actually a pink variety of Beryl -- the family of gemstones that also includes Aquamarine