Aquamarine 12-18x20-30mm A Grade Small Free Form CabochonAquamarine is a transparent to translucent stone ranging from cerulean blue to light blue in higher grades. In lower grades it can be transparent to opaque and is commonly light blue, green and yellow with white and gray inclusions. The name is the Latin term for water of the sea. Aquamarine was once thought to be the treasure of mermaids, as well as a lucky stone for sailors. Sold individually. These cabochons are all unique and vary in colors and

Hackmanite is very reactive under UV light

which flatten the bead and pinch it tightly against the wire

or diameter of a bead

yellow to green or sea to green in color

Hematite within the stone is responsible for its reddish and rusty colors

its brilliant color comes from the presence of very small inclusions of Nickel compounds

Apatite can exhibit chatoyancy — an uncommon optical phenomenon in some stones that resembles the light reflection of a cat’s eye

so only a finite amount of rough material remains

glass is melted in a furnace and then combined with a coloring agent to produce the swirling inclusions of pink within the clear material

mossy greens

all-knowing eye

Pietersite has been called the Tempest Stone for its colors of deep blue and gray with metallic gold and flashes of brilliant chatoyancy as it catches the light