Goldstone 4mm Microfaceted Round - 15-16 Inch Grade A What is pictured is not

What is pictured is not identical to what you will receive

Biotite is a name used for a large group of black mica minerals that are commonly found in igneous and metamorphic rocks

Plated to prevent oxidization

It is often thought of as an all to black stone

Goldstone 4mm Microfaceted Round - 15-16 Inch Grade A What is pictured is notGoldstone is a manmade material, consisting of opaque rust to red glass with tiny flecks of glittering copper suspended within it. Goldstone was first created during the Italian Renaissance when, as legend has it, a Venetian monk tipped molten copper into a vat of molten glass. When this combination crystallized, the result was glass permeated with thousands of tiny metallic sparkles.