Labradorite Faceted Double Heart 6mm Star Cut - 15-16 InchLabradorite is remarkable for the way its aggregate layers refract light, creating iridescent flashes of blue, gold, pale green or copper red. This effect is known as labradorescence, taking its name from the stone. Labradorite is usually gray to green, dark gray, light gray or black. It was discovered in Labrador, Canada in 1770 and named for the area, though it is referenced as a highly revered stone in much older Inuit tribal legends.

Tanzanite is both extremely rare and extremely attractive

Historically

Its colors include burnt red

These strands were cut into beads with some of the material the Chalcedony was mined out of remaining

Rainbow Moonstone is named for its moon-like glow or chatoyancy

and the green color is caused by a reaction in the stone when the chrome is introduced to water

Rhodochrosite is a bubblegum pink to rose red stone

” Aquamarine was once thought to be the treasure of mermaids

according to the Mohs hardness scale

Malachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding

“Butter” suggests qualities of smoothness

Hematite is an iron oxide and one of the few gemstones with a metallic luster