Charoite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch New Strands for the New Year near the Kennedy Ranges of

near the Kennedy Ranges of Australia

meaning it forms by replacing another mineral’s crystal structure atom by atom with its own crystal structure

and it can be mottled or striated with veins of these colors

The first rough material was offered for sale in Tucson in 2011 and is now regularly mined at the remote deposit site in Sonora

Elephant Skin Jasper

Charoite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch New Strands for the New Year near the Kennedy Ranges ofCharoite is a stone that naturally occurs in intense purple hues, as well as grays, browns, greenish yellows, white and black. These colors swirl throughout the stone in fascinating matrices of color. Originally discovered in the 1940s and not introduced commercially until 1978, it is a relative newcomer to the gem market. The name is derived from the Charo River in eastern Siberia, Russia, the only site where it can be found.