Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch shell with magenta to purple seen

with magenta to purple seen as the most valuable

Distinctive for its purple-and-gray tones

and Egyptians were mining the stone as early as 3200 BCE

spiritual and physical

remote parts of the globe

Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch shell with magenta to purple seenChrysocolla, 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.