Brazilian Amazonite 8mm Faceted Star Bead - 15-16 InchBrazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally translucent milky white. It is named for the Amazon River in Brazil, where the stones are thought to have been originally found, however they are not currently sourced from that particular region. Amazonite has a long and illustrious history dating back to Mesopotamia. It was used in the Egyptian Book of the

Naturally occuring in hues of blue to green to green with spots and streaks of red

mining rights were controlled by a single family

but is prized

It is commonly found in the weathering of primary iron minerals and in iron ore deposits

and makeup BEFORE putting on jewelry made with silk cord

the best cord size is one where the beads slide easily over the eye of the built-in needle and across the length of the silk

a silicate of calcium and magnesium -- from western Canada

The cabochons you received will not be exactly what is show in the image

sometimes referred to as “the most colorful mineral in the world

Stone Type: Carnelian

this old glass is carefully shaped

It was popular with the Greeks and Romans