Gemstones - Healing Properties & Features
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Pearls - History & Properties
The word "pearl" derives from the Latin word "pernula", meaning sea mussel. Pearls are known, used and treasured from ancient times. Ancient Egyptians, Aztecs amongRead More
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Petrified Wood Opal - History & Properties
Wood opal is a petrified, fossilized wood, where wood structures, under certain conditions have been penetrated by silicate materials, such as opal. Usually, the color of wood opal is a varietyRead More
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Quartz - History & Varieties
Quartz is one of the most abundant and hardest minerals on Earth, with a crystalline structure that gives quartz many of its unique properties. Although the name "quartz" has beenRead More
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Rhodonite - History & Properties
Rhodonite is a mineral, found mainly in rose-pink with black veins shades. Its name derives from the Greek word "rhodon" (rose), because of its color that reminds that of a rose.Read More
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Rock Crystal-Clear Quartz - History & Properties
Quartz is one of the most abundant minerals on earth. There are many quartz colors and varieties, such as clear quartz, rose quartz, citrine, amethyst, smoky quartz among others.Read More
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Rose Quartz - History & Properties
Rose quartz, a macrocrystalline, pale-pink to rose-red quartz variety, has been used as a semi-precious and protective stone thousand years ago, especially by the Assyrians, Egyptians and theRead More
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Santorini Lava Rock - History & Properties
Thera (Santorini) volcano, one of the most famous volcanoes in world history, destroyed the Minoan civilization by erupting in 1600 B.C. It has taken thousandsRead More
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Smoky Quartz - History & Properties
Smoky Quartz’s name derives from its resemblance with the color of smoke, and its color oscillates from dark coffee to light grey. These shades are quite infrequent in the world of semi-preciousRead More
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Sodalite - History & Properties
Sodalite, also known as Canadian blue stone or just bluestone, is a royal blue colored mineral, and a common constituent of lapis lazuli. It has been described as a gemstone in the 19thRead More
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Tiger Eye - History & Properties
Tiger's eye is a quartz variety, in rich earthy golden and brown shades mixed together in swirls and stripes. As other varieties of chatoyant quartzes it has mainly been used in the 19th century in...Read More
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Turquoise - History & Properties
Turquoise, an opaque blue to green mineral, has been known and used from ancient times. Ancient Egyptians, Aztecs, Persians and Chinese among other ancient civilizations used turquoiseRead More
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Unakite - History & Properties
Unakite gets its name from the Unaka mountain in the United States, as it was originally discovered there. Unakite has been mainly used for carvings, small objects, beadsRead More
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