Multi Tourmaline 8mm Round - 15-16 InchTourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors, everything from colorless to black, from pastel to bright to dark. It can even exhibit various colors within the same specimen. Its name derives from the Sinhalese word turamali, which translates to stone of many colors. Due to this variety of colors, Tourmaline has often been confused with other stones. Many stones in the Russian crown jewels from the 17th century

Yellow Opal is transparent to opaque

it offers a way to work a neutral color into your designs

These Dakota Stones "DZI" style agate beads are made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE

It is considered a precious Opal

" an allusion to the moon-like white reflections of the mineral or to the quality of the light transmitted from the stone

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as it is softer than both Jasper and Rhyolite

although sometimes mistaken for Jasper

displaying these colors in patterns of parallel bands

Russia and Brazil

It sometimes features dark brown to black dendritic inclusions that branch like tiny tree limbs through the stone

With the possible exception of the horizon meeting the bright blue sky on a perfect summer day