Pietersite 6mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Blue Tiger Eye This dye was said to

This dye was said to create Michelangelo’s favorite shade of blue

The quality and transparency of the Quartz almost makes the red spots (caused by iron and hematite) look suspended in time

Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20-ton blocks of the stone

Blue Apatite ranges in color from light teal-blue to bright blue to dark blue-green

It also serves as the Mohs hardness scale index mineral for a hardness of 8

Pietersite 6mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Blue Tiger Eye This dye was said toPietersite has been called the Tempest Stone for its colors of deep blue and gray with metallic gold and flashes of brilliant chatoyancy as it catches the light. It also occurs in golden yellows and browns as well as milky white. Pietersite is composed of Tiger Eye, Hawk Eye and Jasper and is believed to discharge negative energies and cleanse the aura.