Chrysocolla 4mm Microfaceted Round - 15-16 InchChrysocolla, 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.

It often also occurs with colors of rust

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Use the Nylon Jaw Pliers for flattening and hardening designs after shaping

It has been prized both as an ornamental jewel and for its strong curative powers and protective energies

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was inspired by the stone and chose it for the interior decorations of Marlborough House in England

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It was referred to by Native American tribes as the blood of Mother Earth

a microscopic protozoa with a silica shell

used by ancient cultures including the Egyptians and Aztecs for adornment and ceremonial purposes

On cut or polished stones

Tiger Eye is a macrocrystalline Quartz stone with bands of rich golds and browns