Prehnite 4mm Round AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch R1630 a mineralogist and jeweler

a mineralogist and jeweler

West African Jade is a complex Calcium Aluminum Silicate and is a Nephrite Jade

primarily earth tones

it is cut and polished to look just like a Quartz gemstone

but a form of natural Serpentine which is commonly referred to as Yellow Jade in the stone industry

Prehnite 4mm Round AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch R1630 a mineralogist and jewelerPrehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774. Prehnite is translucent to transparent, in colors from light green to yellow green to olive, with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns. It is a phyllosilicate composed of silicon, calcium and aluminum with trace amounts of iron.