Brazilian Amazonite 6mm AAA Grade Round - 15-16 Inch

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Brazilian Amazonite 6mm AAA Grade Round - 15-16 InchBrazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue 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 Dead,

It's actually a pink variety of Beryl -- the family of gemstones that also includes Aquamarine

Considered a stone of transformation and evolution

and it is also known as Toog

The stone was first discovered in Sweden in the 1830s

Note: Our 8-inch line of Lapis has had its color enhanced by dyeing

Other names include: quickstick

It may also be called Rocky Butte Picture Jasper

and we offer it when we can

Azurite often occurs with green Malachite

Robles is a light

near the Kennedy Ranges of Australia

The fibrous asbestos inclusions in the stone give it the flash that inspired its name