Hubei Turquoise 4mm Blue Green Faceted Cube AA - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Brazilian Amazonite and translucent black (Apache Tears)

and translucent black (Apache Tears)

currently believed to be due to the presence of a copper-based mineral such as Malachite or Azurite

which has earned it the nickname Merlin stone

or black and can be distributed randomly or in bundles or star-like formations

the third to hardest common natural gemstone

Hubei Turquoise 4mm Blue Green Faceted Cube AA - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Brazilian Amazonite and translucent black (Apache Tears)Hubei Turquoise From the Hubei province in Northern China. Two of the finest mines in the Hubei province are the Yungai, which means, "a mountain covered with cloud" and the Zhuxi "a mountain where growing plenty of bamboo". Turquoise is an ancient gemstone, one of the first known to man. Known to Egyptian and Aztec cultures thousands of years ago, Turquoise is now mined all over the world. Turquoise is formed when water passes through aluminous rock