Smoky Quartz 6mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch 6X9.5mm These mines are also famous

These mines are also famous for sourcing North-American Jasper

depositing layer upon layer of Quartz silicate to create the banding and patterns now prized in Botswana Agate

Sodalite is named for its sodium content and may be classified as a feldspathoid

” meaning “a stream of lava

Picture Jasper is a form of brown Jasper characterized by its unique banding and flow patterns created by petrified or silicate mud and occasional dendritic inclusions

Smoky Quartz 6mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch 6X9.5mm These mines are also famousSmoky Quartz is a translucent smoky brown or gray variety of Quartz. It ranges from almost completely transparent to an almost opaque brownish to gray crystal. The color of Smoky Quartz is due to natural irradiation and traces of aluminum within the crystal lattice of the stone. Smoky Quartz it the national gem of Scotland, where it was mined since around 300 BCE.