Birds Eye Rhyolite 50mm Square Donut - Pendant Orange Druzy Agate and its name is derived

and its name is derived from the Greek “apate

a cryptocrystalline Quartz

It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times

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and the wood used to make them is only available after natural disasters fell young trees

Birds Eye Rhyolite 50mm Square Donut - Pendant Orange Druzy Agate and its name is derivedBirds Eye Rhyolite is named for its circular color formations of deep reds, light tans and earthtones. Rhyolite was named "streaming rock" because of its beautiful bands, bubbles and crystal to rich layers that form as lava flows onto the surface of stone and can look very different depending on how that lava erupts. Rhyolite has a non to crystalline composition similar to granite but with a smaller grain size. Since gemstones (natural, enhanced, or