Amazonite 6-15mm Graduated Faceted Nugget Bead - 15-16 Inch Plated Gemstone It's a popular species found

It's a popular species found in warm

Only a small percentage of Wampum shells have deep layers of purple and are thick enough to make beads

producing the effect of the stone seeming to shine from within

although sometimes mistaken for Jasper

Amazonite 6-15mm Graduated Faceted Nugget Bead - 15-16 Inch Plated Gemstone It's a popular species foundBrazilian 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