Black Gold Amazonite 6mm Faceted Round Banded - 15-16 InchBlack Gold Amazonite is a member of the Feldspar family and varies in hue from robins egg blue to blue green to black, occasionally mingled with rust brown. This variety of Amazonite is actually a combination of Amazonite, Tourmaline and Pyrite. Amazonite 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 this region.

Due to its natural porosity

Yellow Opal is transparent to opaque

Weight: grams: 60-90 grams

which tends to be a strong blue color

Hematite within the stone is responsible for its reddish and rusty colors

It is a rare variety of Pectolite

The name comes from the French word for lemon

which refers to a "precious blue-green color-of-sea-water stone

is aptly named for its shades of gold

These form as a criss cross banding called lamellae

with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns

Peruvian Opal was considered by the Incas to be a gift from Pachamama