Aquamarine 4mm Round Faceted A Grade Banded - 15-16 InchAquamarine is a transparent to translucent stone ranging from cerulean blue to light blue in higher grades. In lower grades it can be transparent to opaque and is commonly light blue, green and yellow with white and gray inclusions. The name is the Latin term for water of the sea. Aquamarine was once thought to be the treasure of mermaids, as well as a lucky stone for sailors.

causing the rocks to melt and combine with the remains of the meteorite

When this combination crystallized

exhaustion and mental angst

Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20-ton blocks of the stone

without the play of color present in more precious varieties

It's a stunning specimen

which come in a variety of colors

and it’s name is derived from the Greek “apate

oil and succinic acid

Hematite is an iron oxide and one of the few gemstones with a metallic luster

protection and good fortune

and it can be mottled or striated with veins of these colors