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Agate is a very fine-grained form of Quartz. It grows within volcanic lava bubbles known as geodes. Diamond saws are used to slice the Agate it is then ground to remove any imperfections then polished and dyed to enhance and display the beautiful natural banding within. Most Agate comes from Brazil.

Amethyst is a lilac to purple variety of the mineral Quartz. It forms beautiful crystals inside volcanic lava bubbles known as geodes . Due to it’s beautiful colour Amethyst is one of the most popular gemstones. The ancient Greeks believed Amethyst prevented drunkenness. Commonly from Brazil.

Quartz is a form of silica and is the most common mineral the earths crust. As such Quartz and Quartz crystals can be found in large quantities the world over. Regardless of this fact very clear and large Quartz crystals are highly prised by collectors.

Lepidolite is a lilac or rose-violet coloured phyllosilicate mineral. Lepidolite is sometimes cut and polished for use as a decorative stone. Localities, where Lepidolite is mined, include Brazil Ural Mountains Russia & California USA

Blue Obsidian glass is a manmade glass created as a by-product when manufacturing sheets of glass in the ‘float glass’ method. This blue glass is then sold to the lapidary market where it is made into polished goods.  

The tourmaline mineral group is chemically one of the most complicated groups of silicate minerals. Tourmaline has a wide variety of colours. Some crystals may consist of several colours for example crystals might be green at one end and pink at the other or green on the outside and pink inside this type is called […]

Pure quartz traditionally called rock crystal (or clear quartz) is colourless and transparent (clear) or translucent. Quartz goes by an array of different names. The most important distinction between types of quartz is that of macrocrystalline (individual crystals visible to the unaided eye) and the microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline varieties (aggregates of crystals visible only under […]

Size: W6cm x D5.5cm x H3.5cm44 Ósamsettur

The Tourmaline mineral group is chemically one of the most complicated groups of silicate minerals. Tourmaline has a wide variety of colours. Some crystals may consist of several colours for example crystals might be green at one end and pink at the other or green on the outside and pink inside this type is called […]