Chalcedony 8x16-12x22mm Tear Drop Beads - 15-16 Inch Dog Teeth Amethyst Gem-quality Afghanite is so scarce

Gem-quality Afghanite is so scarce that most specimens are found only as part of mineral collections or small lapidary runs

and it has been used throughout history for various purposes

It is a variety of the mineral corundum

It derives its real name from the Greek “pyrites

rainbow effect of light refracting off of the air buddles inside of the stone

Chalcedony 8x16-12x22mm Tear Drop Beads - 15-16 Inch Dog Teeth Amethyst Gem-quality Afghanite is so scarceBlue Chalcedony is a naturally occurring soft blue translucent stone. It is a member of the Quartz family, a form of silica with a cryptocrystalline structure that incorporates Moganite along with the Quartz. Known in antiquity as the Speakers Stone, it is believed to have been worn Cicero, the great Roman orator.