Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Black Tourmalinated Quartz yellow and white

yellow and white

The name is the Latin term for “water of the sea

Origin: Madagascar

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

so named because the ancient Incas believed the stone to be the petrified blood of their ancestral rulers

Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Black Tourmalinated Quartz yellow and whiteChrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors of rust, copper, black, white and reddish brown in speckles, veins and brecciated patterns. It is a very soft stone typically found near copper deposits. Chrysocolla was first described by Theosphrastus, a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone, in 315 BCE.