Prehnite 8mm Double Heart Faceted - 15-16 Inch july_ruby Turquoise beads found in Iraq

Turquoise beads found in Iraq date back to 5000 BCE

It may also be called Rocky Butte Picture Jasper

is a calcium aluminium hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals

It can be colorless

cut as rounds are somewhat opaque and powerfully radiant -- fitting since its name originates from the Greek word for "moon

Prehnite 8mm Double Heart Faceted - 15-16 Inch july_ruby Turquoise beads found in IraqPrehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774. Prehnite is translucent to transparent, in colors from light green to yellow green to olive, with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns. It is a phyllosilicate composed of silicon, calcium and aluminum with trace amounts of iron.