Brazilian Amazonite 7x8mm Faceted Round Nugget - 15-16 Inch Size_25mm The yellowish colors of heliodor

The yellowish colors of heliodor are usually caused by small amounts of iron within the mineral's crystal structure

Its inclusions of golden tones to rust to red are due to traces of hematite embedded in the stone

Petrified wood is created through a process called permineralization

however it does exhibit a lustrous sheen referred to as “opalescence

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

Brazilian Amazonite 7x8mm Faceted Round Nugget - 15-16 Inch Size_25mm The yellowish colors of heliodorBrazilian 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