Strawberry Quartz 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads African Blue Opal all organic parts are replaced

all organic parts are replaced by minerals

but is prized

This stone is a combination of two very similar materials: Azurite is a deep blue mineral produced by weathered copper ore deposits

often called the "Super Seven" or "Melody Stone" contains Amethyst

Topaz occurs in a wide range of natural colors

Strawberry Quartz 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads African Blue Opal all organic parts are replacedStrawberry Quartz is a translucent, milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral. Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red. Quartz has been highly valued by virtually every civilization throughout history, often used in healing and meditation and as religious objects in funerary rites and to dispel evil.