Peruvian Chrysocolla 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Orange Garnet This stone is found in

This stone is found in the Himalayan mountains in India and is comprised of a hematite and iron shell fossil

the easy-on-the-eyes nature of a pale yellow color

The different species are pyrope

Discovered in Greenland in the late 1890's

Hackmanite is the light pink to pale violet variety of sodalite

Peruvian Chrysocolla 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Orange Garnet This stone is found inChrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors of rust, copper, black, white and reddish brown in speckles, veins and brecciated patterns. It is a very soft stone typically found near copper deposits. Chrysocolla was first described by Theosphrastus, a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone, in 315 BCE.