African Turquoise 2x4mm Tube Beads - 15-16 InchAfrican Turquoise is not actually Turquoise, but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue to green associated with true Turquoise. It contains inclusions such as copper and iron, creating veins and mottling that ranges in color from rust to black. Considered a stone of transformation and evolution, it is believed to awaken those who carry it to their highest spiritual purpose.

Orange or Hessonite Garnet is sometimes called “Cinnamon Stone” for its orange to orange to brown color as well as for its origin in the land of spices

Its color can be a soft pink

microcrystalline form of Quartz

Australian Aboriginal tribes referred to Black Opal as "Fire of the Desert

fluorophlogopite

reds and grays

Hematite is black to steel-gray or silver-gray

red and white -- as well as for its opacity and patterns

" and variants of the name in other languages

Ancient Egyptian tombs as well as prehistoric European burial sites have held Coral jewelry

” and thought to be the luckiest of all crystals

Known to Egyptian and Aztec cultures thousands of years ago