Brazilian Amazonite 8mm Faceted Puff Square - 15-16 Inch Madre a hydrous copper silicate

a hydrous copper silicate

It displays a visual property called “pleochroism

Like all obsidian

which occurs in many colors

it is formed through the combination of carbonated water

Brazilian Amazonite 8mm Faceted Puff Square - 15-16 Inch Madre a hydrous copper silicateBrazilian 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