Prehnite 12x16-18x25mm Jagged Rough Collar hps_07252024 Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque

Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue-green to light green stone

light tans and earthtones

only limited quantities are available as we wanted to insure consistent sparkle across each bead on each collar

Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20-ton blocks of the stone

Prehnite 12x16-18x25mm Jagged Rough Collar hps_07252024 Brazilian Amazonite is an opaquePrehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774. Prehnite is translucent to transparent, in colors from light green to yellow green to olive, with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns. It is a phyllosilicate composed of silicon, calcium and aluminum with trace amounts of iron.