African Jade with Quartz 6mm Round - 15-16 InchWest African Jade is a complex Calcium Aluminum Silicate and is a Nephrite Jade. Its bright green coloration is due to traces of chromium. Metaphysically, it is a gemstone of general healing abilities and is considered to specifically aid kidney and skin related disorders and diseases.

and can display a nearly emerald green color due to the presence of Chromium within the stone

one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the world

It is frequently fluorescent under ultraviolet light

This variety of opal is named "dendritic" for the small inclusions within it that resemble moss or ferns

What is so special about these iron meteorites is their unique Widmanstätten patterns

Calcite is the one of the most common minerals

one of the first known to man

Since this is a natural stone

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as well as the amount of patterning

It is an aluminum borosilicate mixed with iron

who first discovered the stone in Southern California in 1868