Black Obsidian 6mm Star - 15-16 InchEssentially a volcanic glass, Obsidian ranges in color from opaque black, to green, brown, mahogany, black with rainbow colors, black with snowflake patterns, black with a golden sheen, and translucent black (Apache Tears)

Red Jasper has historically been valued by many cultures as a stone of vibrancy and endurance

producing the effect of the stone seeming to shine from within

Its color is due to the presence of Manganese and Iron in the stone

Aquamarine

Biotite was named in honor of the French physicist Jean-Baptiste Biot

Due to the handmade nature of these beads

It is commonly found in the weathering of primary iron minerals and in iron ore deposits

Hydrogrossular garnet is an especially rare gemstone

is a lab-made form of zirconium dioxide

It was named and first described by the Greek philosopher and botanist Theosphrastus in 315 BCE

metamorphic

giving it a naturally harder composition and a slightly waxy luster even before stabilization