Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch shell and Egyptians were mining the

and Egyptians were mining the stone as early as 3200 BCE

The fibrous asbestos inclusions in the stone give it the flash that inspired its name

with magenta to purple seen as the most valuable

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

and originally came from much farther away

Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch shell and Egyptians were mining theChrysocolla, 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.