Peruvian Turquoise (Chrysocolla) 6mm Round A Grade - 15-16 InchPeruvian Turquoise is also known as Turquoise Chrysocolla. Its attractive blue green provides a unique color to the mineral world. Peruvian Turquoise is an important ornamental mineral for jewelry and adorned the ceremonial dress of early native Inkas. It also brings good fortune and attracts healing spirits. Delicate veining, caused by impurities, is desired by some collectors as proof of a natural stone.

Agate has been discovered with artifacts from cultures of the Neolithic Period

It is highly prized for its beautiful combinations of colors and for its opalescence — the pearly luster of the opaque stone

It also serves as the Mohs hardness scale index mineral for a hardness of 8

these stones offer the same beauty and sparkle as the famous gemstone but at a lower price point

Hole Diameter: 0

Iolite most commonly occurs in shades of blue to gray

in 315 BCE

the only region in the world where the stone is found

5 inches (12

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

cut as rounds are somewhat opaque and powerfully radiant -- fitting since its name originates from the Greek word for "moon

Known to Egyptian and Aztec cultures thousands of years ago