Hackmanite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch 5pf6052026 Larimar is a translucent blue

Larimar is a translucent blue

consisting of opaque rust to red glass with tiny flecks of glittering copper suspended within it

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

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

The Peruvian material has a lighter tone of Pink than deposits found in other parts of North and South America

Hackmanite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch 5pf6052026 Larimar is a translucent blueDiscovered in Greenland in the late 1890's, hackmanite is named for Finnish geologist Victor Hackman. It is a rare occurrence to find gem grade hackmanite; at best, most crystals are translucent. Hackmanite is the light pink to pale violet variety of sodalite. It is a particularly unusual gem because it exhibits a special optical property known as tenebrescence, a type of reversible photochromism. Hackmanite is very reactive under UV light.