Libyan Desert Glass 25x35 Pendant with Gold Plated .925 R1739 and opalescence or lustrous sheen

and opalescence or lustrous sheen in opaque samples

Tiger Eye is a macrocrystalline Quartz stone with bands of rich golds and browns

It has a hardness of 8 on the Mohs hardness scale

Turritella Agate’s rich brown and black colors are patterned with the fossilized remains of sea creatures millions of years old

These mines are also famous for sourcing North-American Jasper

Libyan Desert Glass 25x35 Pendant with Gold Plated .925 R1739 and opalescence or lustrous sheenLibyan Desert glass Found in the eastern Sahara desert. It is a natural glass made up of pure silica. Its origins are still a mystery with some saying it was from a meteorite impact on earth and others believing it was an asteroid burning up in the atmosphere. This material dates back 29 million years and has been used in early civilizations as tools similar to obsidian.