Labradorite Natural 6mm Round A Grade Large Hole Beads - 8 InchLabradorite is remarkable for the way its aggregate layers refract light, creating iridescent flashes of blue, gold, pale green or copper red. This effect is known as labradorescence, taking its name from the stone. Labradorite is usually gray to green, dark gray, light gray or black. It was discovered in Labrador, Canada in 1770 and named for the area, though it is referenced as a highly revered stone in much older Inuit tribal legends. Approximate

colored by trace amounts of chromium and/or vanadium to range in hue from yellow to green to blue to green

light tans and earthtones

Golden Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass

The term “fluorescent” was inspired by Fluorite

or even multi-colored

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

Lavender Amethyst is a transparent lavender variety of Amethyst

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

in a variety of swirling and linear patterns

This effect is known as “labradorescence

The rounds even resemble little Earths

It is the green form of Beryl