Shungite 10mm Faceted Nugget 15-16 Inch 36x48-52x68mm but rather a speckled teal

but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue to green associated with true Turquoise

one of the first fluorescent minerals ever studied

but truly unique

All wood beads on DakotaStones

Shungite 10mm Faceted Nugget 15-16 Inch 36x48-52x68mm but rather a speckled tealShungite is a black, lustrous, non crystalline mineraloid consisting of a high percentage of carbon. It was first found in a deposit near Shunga village, in Karelia, Russia, where it gets its name. Shungite has been used as a folk medical treatment since the early 18th century. Peter the Great set up Russia's first spa in Karelia to make use of the water purifying properties of shungite. The antibacterial properties of shungite have been confirmed by