Astrophyllite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch featuretest12022022 Turquoise beads found in Iraq

Turquoise beads found in Iraq date back to 5000 BCE

where it was observed that the stone was often carried by eagles to their nests

Green is the most common color for Aventurine

Tourmaline occurs in nearly every color in the rainbow and its name derives from “turmali

have been used for yellowish gemstones for at least two thousand years

Astrophyllite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch featuretest12022022 Turquoise beads found in IraqAstrophyllite is a very rare, brown to golden yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral. Astrophyllite gets its name from the Greek words astron meaning "star" and phyllon meaning "leaf". The mineral is heavy, soft and fragile, and was first discovered in 1854 in Norway.