Gem Silica Small 3pc Slab R0086 Von Prehn discovered the stone

Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774

but those varieties are transparent

where it gets its name

This variation mixes Blue Tiger Eye with Yellow Tiger Eye to bring out the best of each of the two stones

priests and kings and believed to be a powerful protection stone

Gem Silica Small 3pc Slab R0086 Von Prehn discovered the stoneGem Silica is the rarest and highest form of Chrysocolla, crystallized and infused in Quartz. Gem Silica occurs in a vivid blue green color due to the presence of copper in the stone and is free of inclusions of other minerals. It was named and first described by the Greek philosopher and botanist Theosphrastus in 315 BCE.