Black Spinel 4mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Blue Apatite Known in antiquity as the

Known in antiquity as the Speaker’s Stone

Australian Butter Jasper is a relatively new variation of Jasper that definitely meets that criteria

Yellow Jasper is a golden brown stone with patterns that appear strikingly similar to wood grain

and as such is a particularly soft stone

as it is softer than both Jasper and Rhyolite

Black Spinel 4mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Blue Apatite Known in antiquity as theSpinel is a hard vitreous magnesium aluminum oxide, and comes in a range of other colors, but those varieties are transparent. Black Spinel not only has the dark color, but it is opaque as well, rendering its black especially deep and mysterious. Sometimes called the "Black Prince's Ruby" for its role in the English crown. It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times, but can be distinguished by its structure and its lower relative hardness.