Amethyst 4mm Round Faceted A Grade - 15-16 InchAmethyst is a beautiful purple stone, known as a Gem of Fire by ancient cultures. It has been greatly sought after throughout history and was at times valued as highly as Diamond. Today, this semi to precious variety of quartz is found in many locations around the world. The presence of Manganese within the stone produces the purple hue, and variation of the amount of iron in the stone creates a color range from reddish purple to deep violet to light

Yellow Opal is transparent to opaque

It is a product of nature

It is considered a precious Opal

Origin: Brazil

Opalite is known by several other names

The stone used to create composite beads is usually the remnants from cutting

giving it a similar appearance to Topaz

It is often thought of as an all to black stone

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

” The orange color is attributed to the presence of hematite or goethite within the rock

” which means that it can appear to be different colors as it shifts in the light

It is a very soft stone typically found near copper deposits