Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch 48hr_04022024 making it the hardest silicate

making it the hardest silicate mineral

as well as a lucky stone for sailors

have been used for yellowish gemstones for at least two thousand years

mineral deposits can create stone in the place of the decaying wood

It is opaque and occurs in a wide variety of colors

Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch 48hr_04022024 making it the hardest silicateChrysocolla, 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.