Amazonite 8x11mm Leaf - 8 Inch Faceted Bicone second only to Quartz

second only to Quartz

The stone ranges in hue from green

Direct from the mines

angular fragments

Its soft chatoyancy is reminscent of the moon's light

Amazonite 8x11mm Leaf - 8 Inch Faceted Bicone second only to QuartzBrazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally translucent milky white. It is named for the Amazon River in Brazil, where the stones are thought to have been originally found, however they are not currently sourced from that particular region. Amazonite has a long and illustrious history dating back to Mesopotamia. It was used in the Egyptian Book of the