Australian Butter Jasper 10mm Round - 15-16 InchThe description, buttery, has been often applied to unlikely products, and it might be easy to understand why. Butter suggests qualities of smoothness, light, the easy on the eyes nature of a pale yellow color. Australian Butter Jasper is a relatively new variation of Jasper that definitely meets that criteria. Jasper has a long and illustrious history, and is traceable to virtually all ancient civilizations. The ancient Egyptians carved amulets of

The stone was discovered in 2009 by a man in Mexico as a man chasing his goat up a mountain caught sight of an unusual rock

It is mined in Peru

Clear Quartz

Smoky Quartz

and the green color is caused by a reaction in the stone when the chrome is introduced to water

Usually found near copper deposits

It ranges from almost completely transparent to an almost opaque brownish-gray crystal

Cacoxenite is the trade name for this naturally occurring blend of seven stone types

and as such is a particularly soft stone

The color of Green Aventurine comes from Fushite particles within the quartz

Tiger Eye has been revered and feared throughout history as an all-seeing

and may also be referred to as Jacktree