Brazilian Amazonite Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch Mixed StonesSale violet or indigo

violet or indigo

s attention in the 1890s when a local geologist saw it glimmering in the moonlight and recommended that it be submitted as a representative stone from Norway to the World

it is exclusively sourced from a single small deposit in the desert of Madagascar

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

its brilliant color comes from the presence of very small inclusions of Nickel compounds

Brazilian Amazonite Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch Mixed StonesSale violet or indigoBrazilian 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