Pink Tourmaline with Pink Lepidolite 4mm Round 15-16 InchPink Tourmaline ranges in color from light pink to deep magenta, with inclusions of white to colorless translucent or transparent. Tourmaline occurs in nearly every color in the rainbow and its name derives from turmali, the Sinhalese word for mixed color precious stone. Tourmaline is unusual in that it is both pyroelectric and piezoelectric, meaning it becomes magnetically charged from heat or friction.

microcrystalline form of Quartz

It may also contain rainbow to colored or sparkling inclusions

and is a result of trace amounts of copper or chromium

Morganite gets its pink hue from the presence of manganese or cesium in the stone

Formed deep underground during the cooling of magma

but has been used historically to describe the transparent variety

Pietersite is composed of Tiger Eye

Blue Tiger Eye is a naturally occurring dark stone with chatoyant layers that create a flash which seems to emanate from within the stone as they catch the light

” It was a prized gem in Greece as far back as 300 BCE

Ancient Egyptians sometimes buried their dead with amulets of Jasper for safe passage into the afterlife

it was feared for centuries as a bad luck stone

Sard is not Onyx