Brazilian Amazonite 6mm Coin Faceted - 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

Legend has it that it came to the world

which comes in many forms and color variations

Tourmaline is unusual in that it is both pyroelectric and piezoelectric

but has been used historically to describe the transparent variety

cobalt or nickel

It is mined under extremely harsh conditions and the high-grade specimens are more rare than diamonds

crystallized and infused in Quartz

Yellow Opal does not display the changeable flash of internal luster that other opals are known for

but the difference in the pattern really stands out and shows it's individual beauty

The mines these stones are sourced from are primarily copper mines

Why Does Turquoise Need to Be Treated you ask

Lemurian Aquatine Calcite is also known as Blue Argentinian Calcite