Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch shell in 1906 by two children

in 1906 by two children who stumbled over a metal object stuck in the ground

Malachite was used extensively as decoration in the palaces of Russian tsars and forms the columns of St

spiritual and physical

with magenta to purple seen as the most valuable

Distinctive for its purple-and-gray tones

Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch shell in 1906 by two childrenChrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors of rust, copper, black, white and reddish brown in speckles, veins and brecciated patterns. It is a very soft stone typically found near copper deposits. Chrysocolla was first described by Theosphrastus, a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone, in 315 BCE.