Strawberry Quartz 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads African Blue Opal This stone is a combination

This stone is a combination of two very similar materials: Azurite is a deep blue mineral produced by weathered copper ore deposits

originally from the Lapis-Lazuli mine in Afghanistan

making it the hardest silicate mineral

Chiastolite is also known as the Cross Stone for the cross matrices of browns

but is prized

Strawberry Quartz 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads African Blue Opal This stone is a combinationStrawberry 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.