8mm Faceted Magic Cube Gemstone Bead - Brazilian Amazonite (strand)

Amazonite (sometimes called Amazon stone) is a rare blue-green variety of microcline (a feldspar mineral) used as a semiprecious stone. Its brilliant color was once thought to be caused by copper, but now is attributed to the presence of lead or possibly iron. Amazonite is an opaque stone, often found with white, yellow or gray inclusions and a silky luster or silvery sheen. Even when polished, amazonite beads maintain a somewhat raw, natural texture that makes this pale blue-green stone even more appealing to many people. Brazilian Amazonite has lovely stripes and swirls of misty white layered into the blue-green base, giving it the look of wind-tossed sea spray or a rushing stream over rapids.

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