Chrysocolla 8-10mm Irregular Cube A Grade - 15-16 InchChrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors of rust, copper, black, white and reddish brown in speckles, veins and brecciated patterns. It is a very soft stone typically found near copper deposits. Chrysocolla was first described by Theosphrastus, a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone, in 315 BCE.

Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn

stalactites

The name “Turritella” comes from the name of the genus of marine gastropod mollusks whose remains are seen within the stone

rainbow effect of light refracting off of the air bubbles inside of the stone

The measurements and weights are approximate

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

This is due to high oscillating frequency and thermal conductivity

found only in the Dominican Republic

Kabamby Ocean Jasper was first mined in 2002

Natural Agate is a variety of banded Chalcedony

Jaspers are considered elemental earth stones

The proper name for Rosewood is Petersianthus quadrialatus