Astrophyllite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch 20210730 Ancient Egyptians sometimes buried their

Ancient Egyptians sometimes buried their dead with amulets of Jasper for safe passage into the afterlife

peach or light red and may also include colorless Quartz

or black and can be distributed randomly or in bundles or star-like formations

plant materials

It is a particularly unusual gem because it exhibits a special optical property known as "tenebrescence

Astrophyllite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch 20210730 Ancient Egyptians sometimes buried theirAstrophyllite 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.