Orange Garnet 8mm Round Faceted - Large Hole BeadsOrange or Hessonite Garnet is sometimes called Cinnamon Stone for its orange to orange to brown color as well as for its origin in the land of spices, Sri Lanka. Its color is due to the presence of Manganese and Iron in the stone. It was popular with the Greeks and Romans, who used it extensively in their jewelry.

Golden Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass

Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz

most crystals are translucent

Kambaba Jasper is a sedimentary stone comprised of microcrystalline Quartz interlaced with Stromatolites — ancient fossilized colonies of primeval microorganisms

orthorhombic crystals or in massive form

and pattern

while other impurities in the stone may create veining and rich patterns

although the colors are much more muted

It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times

love and marriage

protection and good fortune

s attention in the 1890s when a local geologist saw it glimmering in the moonlight and recommended that it be submitted as a representative stone from Norway to the World