Amazonite 8mm Faceted Rondelle Large Hole 8-Inch 20210723 s attention in the 1890s

s attention in the 1890s when a local geologist saw it glimmering in the moonlight and recommended that it be submitted as a representative stone from Norway to the World

it was feared for centuries as a bad luck stone

with little alteration of the external shape of the original crystal

Azurite in crystal form is extremely rare and expensive

a Venetian monk tipped molten copper into a vat of molten glass

Amazonite 8mm Faceted Rondelle Large Hole 8-Inch 20210723 s attention in the 1890sBrazilian 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