African Jade (A) 6mm Round 15-16 InchAfrican Jade is a complex Calcium Aluminum Silicate and is a Nephrite Jade. Its bright green coloration is due to traces of chromium. Metaphysically, it is a gemstone of general healing abilities and is considered to specifically aid kidney and skin related disorders and diseases.

Smoky Quartz it the national gem of Scotland

but is most commonly associated with white

madre xacao or madre de cacao

as well as brown to reddish brown or red in color

red and gray in swirling circular patterns

but those varieties are transparent

Its chatoyant layers that create a flash which seems to emanate from within the stone as they catch the light

Malachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding

while the Zoisite is light to medium green

Young trees cannot be legally harvested

known as "azure

and it can be mottled or striated with veins of these colors