Prehnite with Epidote 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch pale blue Direct from the mines

Direct from the mines

Wood Opalite occurs in a range of colors

its oldest known use being in Egypt more than five thousand years ago

Iron gives them blue

White Jade is a form of Nephrite Jade

Prehnite with Epidote 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch pale blue Direct from the minesPrehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774. Prehnite is translucent to transparent, in colors from light green to yellow green to olive, with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns. It is a phyllosilicate composed of silicon, calcium and aluminum with trace amounts of iron.