Prehnite 12x16-18x25mm Jagged Rough CollarPrehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774. Prehnite is translucent to transparent, in colors from light green to yellow green to olive, with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns. It is a phyllosilicate composed of silicon, calcium and aluminum with trace amounts of iron.

Tanzanite is both extremely rare and extremely attractive

also known as the Stone Age

a warm peach

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

pink and mauve

These reproductions are designed in the traditional color

Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue-green to light green stone

Jasper was also considered a “rain bringer” by Native American cultures

Norway where this type of igneous rock is found

moonstone is thought to enhance intuition and promote inspiration

Yellow Jade is not actually Jade

Rhodochrosite has a pearly luster and often displays banded patterning