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Shattuckite 6mm Round - 15-16 InchShattuckite is a rare copper silicate hydroxide mineral. It occurs in bright turquoise blues and darker blues as well as rust reds, commonly with inclusions of copper in speckled patterns throughout the stone. Shattuckite is a pseudomorph, meaning it forms by replacing another minerals crystal structure atom by atom with its own crystal structure, with little alteration of the external shape of the original crystal.

Sardonyx is sometimes treated to bring out its reddish tones

It can even exhibit various colors within the same specimen

Viking explorers used thin pieces of Iolite as the world’s first polarizing lens to help them determine the exact location of the sun for navigation

violet or indigo

but rather a dark variety of Carnelian

piñon Cubano

It is believed to hold earth and fire energies and to aid in remaining calm and grounded

*These beads are "diamond cut"

Named in honor of Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs

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

orange and yellow colors in which it occurs

It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times