Copper Rutilated Quartz 3mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch Origin_Italy stalactites

stalactites

an opaque silicon dioxide mineral and form of microcrystalline Chalcedony

It was named from the Latin "Thule" - which was a term used by ancient Greeks and Romans to refer to the then-little-known lands to the north or present day Scandinavia

s attention in the 1890s when a local geologist saw it glimmering in the moonlight and recommended that it be submitted as a representative stone from Norway to the World

Copper within the Pectolite creates the beautiful blue and turquoise colors in the stone

Copper Rutilated Quartz 3mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch Origin_Italy stalactitesRutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle to like inclusions of Rutile. These needles usually appear golden, but can also appear silver, red, copper, or black and can be distributed randomly or in bundles or star to like formations. Rutile is the mineral name for natural crystals of titanium dioxide, which may contain iron oxide. When the level of iron oxide is high, the inclusions appear more golden or copper, when it is low,