Hackmanite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch Origin_Africa Carnelian crystal is here to

Carnelian crystal is here to fill us full of courage and to help us attract all the delights of love and life we so deserve

this gemstone in its polished state looks like what it would be like to capture smoke in a stone -- bottomless black mixed with white wisps

These form as a criss cross banding called lamellae

Chrysocolla was first described by Theosphrastus

The most common members of the feldspar group are the plagioclase feldspars and the alkali feldspars

Hackmanite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch Origin_Africa Carnelian crystal is here toDiscovered in Greenland in the late 1890's, hackmanite is named for Finnish geologist Victor Hackman. It is a rare occurrence to find gem grade hackmanite; at best, most crystals are translucent. Hackmanite is the light pink to pale violet variety of sodalite. It is a particularly unusual gem because it exhibits a special optical property known as tenebrescence, a type of reversible photochromism. Hackmanite is very reactive under UV light.