Red Malachite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Mala Bead or a sandy beach blending

or a sandy beach blending into a tropical bay

in a variety of swirling and linear patterns

until the 17th century Crystal Quartz was believed to be permanently frozen water

manganese and other metallic oxides captured during the forming of the rock

or merlinite

Red Malachite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Mala Bead or a sandy beach blendingMalachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding. Usually found near copper deposits, it is formed through the combination of carbonated water, limestone and copper. Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20 to ton blocks of the stone, while today it is primarily mined in Africa. Malachite was used extensively as decoration in the palaces of Russian tsars and forms the columns of St. Isaacs