Strawberry Quartz 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads African Blue Opal all organic parts are replaced

all organic parts are replaced by minerals

often called the "Super Seven" or "Melody Stone" contains Amethyst

Viking explorers used thin pieces of Iolite as the world’s first polarizing lens to help them determine the exact location of the sun for navigation

This stone is a combination of two very similar materials: Azurite is a deep blue mineral produced by weathered copper ore deposits

Chiastolite is also known as the Cross Stone for the cross matrices of browns

Strawberry Quartz 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads African Blue Opal all organic parts are replacedStrawberry Quartz is a translucent, milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral. Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red. Quartz has been highly valued by virtually every civilization throughout history, often used in healing and meditation and as religious objects in funerary rites and to dispel evil.