Peruvian Chrysocolla 9x13-12x16mm Top Drill Irregular Flat Drop - 15-16 Inch Goethite in Amethyst but those varieties are transparent

but those varieties are transparent

but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue to green associated with true Turquoise

a cryptocrystalline Quartz

It's a beautiful specimen

This stone is found in the Himalayan mountains in India and is comprised of a hematite and iron shell fossil

Peruvian Chrysocolla 9x13-12x16mm Top Drill Irregular Flat Drop - 15-16 Inch Goethite in Amethyst but those varieties are transparentChrysocolla, 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.