Shungite 8mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Star Cut ” owing to its red

” owing to its red appearance when sliced thinly or powdered

meaning it forms by replacing another mineral’s crystal structure atom by atom with its own crystal structure

Azurite often occurs with green Malachite

Shattuckite is a pseudomorph

yellow and white

Shungite 8mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Star Cut ” owing to its redShungite is a black, lustrous, non crystalline mineraloid consisting of a high percentage of carbon. It was first found in a deposit near Shunga village, in Karelia, Russia, where it gets its name. Shungite has been used as a folk medical treatment since the early 18th century. Peter the Great set up Russia's first spa in Karelia to make use of the water purifying properties of shungite. The antibacterial properties of shungite have been confirmed by