Chrysocolla 8-10mm Irregular Cube A Grade - 15-16 Inch Color_Green so named because the ancient

so named because the ancient Incas believed the stone to be the petrified blood of their ancestral rulers

In lower grades it can be transparent to opaque and is commonly light blue

With only limited amounts of this highly sought-after material remaining

as the main source of this stone comes from (as you can probably guess) Argentina

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Chrysocolla 8-10mm Irregular Cube A Grade - 15-16 Inch Color_Green so named because the ancientChrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors of rust, copper, black, white and reddish brown in speckles, veins and brecciated patterns. It is a very soft stone typically found near copper deposits. Chrysocolla was first described by Theosphrastus, a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone, in 315 BCE.