Chrysocolla 6x8-10x15mm Graduated Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch rondelle Ours is actually a Serpentine

Ours is actually a Serpentine

it was named after Robert Carl Sticht the manager of the mine

flat radial disks and dodecahedral crystals with twelve pentagonal facets

It's often found in large masses and can be colorless

Bloodstone was known in antiquity as Heliotrope

Chrysocolla 6x8-10x15mm Graduated Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch rondelle Ours is actually a SerpentineChrysocolla, 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. Note Due to the unique hand made