Dendritic Black Opal 6mm Round 15-16 InchThis variety of opal is named "dendritic" for the small inclusions within it that resemble moss or ferns. These inclusions consist of iron, manganese and other metallic oxides captured during the forming of the rock. Opals are hydrated amorphous forms of silica, created when silica hardens within the fissures of other stones.

red and brown

African Jade is a complex Calcium Aluminum Silicate and is a Nephrite Jade

initially as tools because of its hardness

or Lapis Lazuli

cacao de nance

but occasionally gabbro comes in oranges and greens

a form of silica with a cryptocrystalline structure that incorporates Moganite along with the Quartz

The light color indicates that it was harvested from a young tree

Tourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors

and rose along with deep maroon dendrites

Peter the Great set up Russia's first spa in Karelia to make use of the water purifying properties of shungite

priests and kings and believed to be a powerful protection stone