Blue Hackmanite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch 14-Mar meaning it forms by replacing

meaning it forms by replacing another mineral’s crystal structure atom by atom with its own crystal structure

peach or light red and may also include colorless Quartz

It occurs with wave-like bands of charcoal gray

where the stones are thought to have been originally found

all to knowing eye

Blue Hackmanite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch 14-Mar meaning it forms by replacingDiscovered in Greenland in the late 1890's, hackmanite is named for Finnish geologist Victor Hackman. It is a rare occurrence to find gem grade hackmanite; at best, most crystals are translucent. Hackmanite is the light pink to pale violet variety of sodalite. It is a particularly unusual gem because it exhibits a special optical property known as "tenebrescence," a type of reversible photochromism. Hackmanite is very reactive under UV light.