Black Tourmalinated Quartz 8mm Round 15-16 InchTourmaline naturally occurs in a full color spectrum and is used as both a trade name and as a gemological name for a group of minerals of varying species Different forms of tourmaline may carry different metaphysical properties, with differing colors associated commonly associated with the corresponding color of one of the eight main chakras.

The best available information indicates that the stone is a type of Dolomite that has been altered by volcanic activity

Naturally occuring in hues of blue-green to green with spots and streaks of red

cream colors and whites

Jasper was also considered a “rain bringer” by Native American cultures

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Iron gives them blue

brown and tan with some beads or inclusions of rust and rose

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red and gray in swirling circular patterns

Malachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding

Tourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors

so named because the ancient Incas believed the stone to be the petrified blood of their ancestral rulers