Lapis 5-14mm Graduated Chip Bead - 15-16 Inch

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Lapis 5-14mm Graduated Chip Bead - 15-16 InchLapis is a semi to precious stone and one of the most sought after throughout history. It is highly regarded for its beautiful blue color flecked with gold inclusions of pyrite, and was prized in ancient times for the ultramarine dye derived from it. This dye was said to create Michelangelos favorite shade of blue. It is one of the worlds oldest known stones, mined since 4000 BCE, originally from the Lapis to Lazuli mine in Afghanistan.

The different species are pyrope

Opalite is the trade name for man to made glass treated to exhibit the internal flashes of true Opals in translucent samples

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

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Green Aventurine is a green translucent quartz with glimmering metallic inclusions

crocheting and stringing very small beads

Like all obsidian

Their freeform beauty is a testament to the unpredictability of nature

It is considered a precious Opal

Known to Egyptian and Aztec cultures thousands of years ago

leafy patterns

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