Amazonite 6-15mm Graduated Faceted Nugget Bead - 15-16 Inch Plated Gemstone although sometimes mistaken for Jasper

although sometimes mistaken for Jasper

These inclusions range broadly in type and color and produce patterns that can look like gardens

they actually occur in almost every color

Only a small percentage of Wampum shells have deep layers of purple and are thick enough to make beads

Amazonite 6-15mm Graduated Faceted Nugget Bead - 15-16 Inch Plated Gemstone although sometimes mistaken for JasperBrazilian 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