Sunset Dumortierite 6mm Round - Large Hole Beads doorbusters-2024-CM Silica-rich waters create hardened deposits

Silica-rich waters create hardened deposits that preserve coral skeletons

Mexican Black and Red Zebra Jasper has banded and marbled patterns of translucent to opaque milky white

It is not a mineral

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

Sunset Dumortierite 6mm Round - Large Hole Beads doorbusters-2024-CM Silica-rich waters create hardened depositsSunset Dumortierite has a much brighter palette than regular Dumortierite, from light blue to lapis blue to cobalt, as well as some occurrences of dark gray. Dumortierite is an aluminum borosilicate mineral that varies in color from blue, green and brown to the more rare violet and pink. First described in 1881, the mineral was named for French paleontologist Eugene Durmortier (1803 to 1873). It is believed to bring the wearer water energy and to