Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch featured_08152024 Blue Apatite ranges in color

Blue Apatite ranges in color from light teal to blue to bright blue to dark blue to green

tan and ivory

orange and yellow colors in which it occurs

discovered a way to improve the quality of turquoise in the 1980's

and the green color is caused by a reaction in the stone when the chrome is introduced to water

Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch featured_08152024 Blue Apatite ranges in colorChrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors of rust, copper, black, white and reddish brown in speckles, veins and brecciated patterns. It is a very soft stone typically found near copper deposits. Chrysocolla was first described by Theosphrastus, a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone, in 315 BCE.