Goldstone 4mm Microfaceted Round - 15-16 InchGoldstone is a manmade material, consisting of opaque rust to red glass with tiny flecks of glittering copper suspended within it. Goldstone was first created during the Italian Renaissance when, as legend has it, a Venetian monk tipped molten copper into a vat of molten glass. When this combination crystallized, the result was glass permeated with thousands of tiny metallic sparkles.

An aluminum silicate mineral

Peridot is one of few stones that occurs naturally in only one color

Due to the handmade nature of these beads

If you are a collector of cool rocks

it often features a metallic sheen or silvery chatoyancy caused by internal structural healing

magnesium and other metals that give it its color

ochre browns and deep greens

neutralizing overacidity and stomach problems

The color of Green Aventurine comes from Fushite particles within the quartz

It is the green form of Beryl

Each strand reflects the unique mineral composition of the region

Rhyolite has a non to crystalline composition similar to granite but with a smaller grain size