Green and Yellow Banded Tourmaline 4mm Faceted Coin - 15-16 Inch Tab ” Most deep red Carnelian

” Most deep red Carnelian has been heat treated to darken the beautiful orange and red tints that are created by iron oxides in the stone

Sapphires are precious gemstones

is a calcium aluminium hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals

this gemstone in its polished state looks like what it would be like to capture smoke in a stone -- bottomless black mixed with white wisps

and because its hardness has made the stone perfect for beads and cabochons

Green and Yellow Banded Tourmaline 4mm Faceted Coin - 15-16 Inch Tab ” Most deep red CarnelianGreen Tourmaline ranges in color from pale green to dark emerald to shades of olive and moss green. It is an aluminum borosilicate mixed with iron, magnesium and other metals that give it its color. Tourmaline occurs in nearly every color in the rainbow and its name derives from turmali, the Sinhalese word for mixed color precious stone. Tourmaline began to be highly prized after George Kunz, a mineralogist and jeweler, sold a piece of Green