Strawberry Quartz 7x10mm Faceted Tube - 15-16 Inch Blue Opal which provides sufficient hardness for

which provides sufficient hardness for the stone to be cut

Emerald and Heliodore -- and is often cut to highlight its chatoyant qualities

Chain Nose Pliers

The deposits within the rock become Turquoise after a chemical reaction occurs over long periods of time

hackmanite is named for Finnish geologist Victor Hackman

Strawberry Quartz 7x10mm Faceted Tube - 15-16 Inch Blue Opal which provides sufficient hardness forStrawberry Quartz is a translucent, milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral. Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red. Quartz has been highly valued by virtually every civilization throughout history, often used in healing and meditation and as religious objects in funerary rites and to dispel evil.