Amazonite 3-9mm Faceted Rondelle - 18 Inch Botswana Agate The most prestigious Eudialyte comes

The most prestigious Eudialyte comes out of Greenland

Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red

This material is similar in hardness and texture to turquoise and is sometimes called “Wild Horse Turquoise” because it is mined in southeastern Arizona near the same area as Turquoise but it is not Turquoise

“Butter” suggests qualities of smoothness

The Sleeping Beauty mine ceased producing Turquoise in 2012

Amazonite 3-9mm Faceted Rondelle - 18 Inch Botswana Agate The most prestigious Eudialyte comesBrazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally translucent milky white. It is named for the Amazon River in Brazil, where the stones are thought to have been originally found, however they are not currently sourced from that particular region. Amazonite has a long and illustrious history dating back to Mesopotamia. It was used in the Egyptian Book of the