Brazilian Amazonite 1x2mm Square 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

or igneous

Porcelain Jasper is a brecciated (broken) Jasper originally found on a gold claim high in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico

5-6 medium ranging 18-25mm

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

being found in metamorphic and pegma

We only get the privilege of buying from them once a year so supplies are limited

Our beads have not been dyed

Note – Due to the unique hand-made manufacturing process of these beads

depositing layer upon layer of Quartz silicate to create the banding and patterns now prized in Botswana Agate

the mineral was named for French paleontologist Eugene Durmortier (1803 to 1873)

Most hemimorphite is found in the rocks above and surrounding zinc deposits

as a gemstone that is cut into many shapes and often given a high polish