Gemstones
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Afghanite
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Agate
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Amazonite
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Amber
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Amethyst
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Ametrine
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Angelite
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Apatite
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Aquamarine
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Aragonite
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Auralite
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Aventurine
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Azurite
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Beryl
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Blood Stone
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Bronzite
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Calcite
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Carnelian
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Cat's Eye (Chrysoberyl)
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Celestite
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Chalcedony
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Charoite
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Chrome Diopside
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Chrysocolla
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Chrysoprase
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Citrine
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Coral
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Corundum
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Dumortierite
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Emerald
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Fluorite
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Garnet
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Goldstone
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Hematite
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Hemimorphite
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Herkimer Diamond
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Howlite
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Hypersthene
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Indigo Gabbro
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Iolite
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Jade
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Jasper
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Jet
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K2
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Kunzite
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Kyanite
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Labradorite
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Lapis
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Larimar
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Larvikite
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Lava Rock
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Lepidolite
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Magnesite
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Malachite
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Mica
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Mixed Gemstones
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Moonstone
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Morganite
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Obsidian
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Onyx
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Opal
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Opalite
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Peridot
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Petrified Wood
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Phosphosiderite
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Pietersite
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Prehnite
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Pyrite
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Quartz
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Rhodochrosite
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Rhodonite
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Rhyolite
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Ruby
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Ruby Zoisite
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Sapphire
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Sardonyx
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Selenite
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Seraphinite
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Shungite
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Silverite
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Sodalite
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Spinel
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Sunstone
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Tanzanite
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Thulite
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Tiffany Stone
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Tiger Eye
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Tiger Iron
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Topaz
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Tourmaline
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Turquoise
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Unakite
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Zircon
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Zoisite
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Fancy Jasper Polished 5x8mm Rondelle
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$13.30Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$13.30 -
Fancy Jasper Polished 2x4mm Rondelle
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$11.90Approximate beads per strand: 160 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$11.90 -
Dragons Blood Jasper Polished 5x8mm Rondelle
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$15.06Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$15.06 -
Dragons Blood Jasper Polished 4x6mm Rondelle
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$13.65Approximate beads per strand: 90 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$13.65 -
Impression Jasper Polished 6x10mm Rondelle - Dark Blue
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$30.11Approximate beads per strand: 65 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$30.11 -
Impression Jasper Polished 5x8mm Rondelle - Turquoise Dyed
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$24.51Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$24.51 -
Impression Jasper Polished 4x6mm Rondelle - Turquoise Dyed
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$20.31Approximate beads per strand: 90 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$20.31 -
Impression Jasper Polished 2x4mm Rondelle - Turquoise Dyed
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$17.51Approximate beads per strand: 160 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$17.51 -
Red Aventurine Polished 2x4mm Rondelle
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$11.55Approximate beads per strand: 150 What is it: Aventurine is a gemstone variety of quartz prized for it's translucency and sparkly metallic inclusions. These inclusions are typically composed of muscovite mica, which usually results in medium to dark...$11.55 -
Blue Spot Jasper Polished 5x8mm Rondelle
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$13.30Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$13.30 -
Blue Spot Jasper Polished 4x6mm Rondelle
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$12.25Approximate beads per strand: 90 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$12.25 -
Blue Spot Jasper Polished 2x4mm Rondelle
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$11.90Approximate beads per strand: 165 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$11.90 -
Red Stone Jasper Polished 5x8mm Rondelle
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$14.71Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$14.71 -
Red Stone Jasper Polished 4x6mm Rondelle
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$13.65Approximate beads per strand: 90 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$13.65 -
Red Stone Jasper Polished 2x4mm Rondelle
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$13.30Approximate beads per strand: 165 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$13.30 -
Coffee Bean Jasper Polished 5x8mm Rondelle
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$10.85Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$10.85 -
Dalmatian Jasper Polished 6mm Round - 2mm Large Hole
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$6.93Approximate beads per strand: 30 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$6.93 -
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Purple Garnet Polished 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle
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$20.66Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: Garnet can be found in many colors including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black and clear, with red shades being the most common. Garnet is the birth stone of January. The...$20.66 -
Madagascar Rose Quartz Polished 10mm Round - Multicolor
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$24.51Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Quartz is a common variety of silicon dioxide that often crystallizes into well-formed hexagonal prisms. It occurs in many colors, including purple amethyst, yellow citrine, and smokey quartz. Rose...$24.51 -
Madagascar Rose Quartz A Grade Polished 8mm Round
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$30.11Approximate beads per strand: 45 What is it: Quartz is a common variety of silicon dioxide that often crystallizes into well-formed hexagonal prisms. It occurs in many colors, including purple amethyst, yellow citrine, and smokey quartz. Rose...$30.11 -
Madagascar Rose Quartz A Grade Polished 6mm Round
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$20.31Approximate beads per strand: 65 What is it: Quartz is a common variety of silicon dioxide that often crystallizes into well-formed hexagonal prisms. It occurs in many colors, including purple amethyst, yellow citrine, and smokey quartz. Rose...$20.31 -
Botswana Agate Polished 8mm Round
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$31.51Approximate beads per strand: 45 What is it: Agate is a variety of banded microcrystalline quartz, or chalcedony. There are a vast amount of varieties of agate. Usually, each variety is named after their physical characteristics or location of origin...$31.51 -
Phantom Quartz Polished 10mm Round
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$34.31Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Quartz is a common variety of silicon dioxide that often crystallizes into well-formed hexagonal prisms. It occurs in many colors, including purple amethyst, yellow citrine, and smokey quartz...$34.31 -
Snowflake Obsidian Polished 10mm Round
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$18.91Approximate beads per strand: 38 What is it: Snowflake Obsidian is a natural volcanic glass containing white "snowflake" crystal patterns of the mineral cristobalite, originated due to partial crystallisation of the glass. History: Obsidian has been...$18.91 -
Snowflake Obsidian Polished 12mm Round
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$24.51Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Snowflake Obsidian is a natural volcanic glass containing white "snowflake" crystal patterns of the mineral cristobalite, originated due to partial crystallisation of the glass. History: Obsidian has been...$24.51 -
Phantom Quartz Polished 4mm Round
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$13.65Approximate beads per strand: 90 What is it: Quartz is a common variety of silicon dioxide that often crystallizes into well-formed hexagonal prisms. It occurs in many colors, including purple amethyst, yellow citrine, and smokey quartz...$13.65 -
Phantom Quartz Polished 8mm Round
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$26.54Approximate beads per strand: 45 What is it: Quartz is a common variety of silicon dioxide that often crystallizes into well-formed hexagonal prisms. It occurs in many colors, including purple amethyst, yellow citrine, and smokey quartz...$26.54 -
Phantom Quartz Polished 6mm Round
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$17.86Approximate beads per strand: 65 What is it: Quartz is a common variety of silicon dioxide that often crystallizes into well-formed hexagonal prisms. It occurs in many colors, including purple amethyst, yellow citrine, and smokey quartz. ...$17.86 -
Aqua / Blue Fire Agate Polished 8mm Round
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$17.86Approximate beads per strand: 42 What is it: Agate is a variety of banded microcrystalline quartz, or chalcedony. There are a vast amount of varieties of agate. Usually, each variety is named after their physical characteristics or location of origin...$17.86 -
Aqua Fire Agate Polished 10mm Round
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$20.31Approximate beads per strand: 35 What is it: Agate is a variety of banded microcrystalline quartz, or chalcedony. There are a vast amount of varieties of agate. Usually, each variety is named after their physical characteristics or location of origin...$20.31 -
Moss Agate Polished 6mm Round
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$10.15Approximate beads per strand: 65 What is it: Agate is a variety of banded microcrystalline quartz, or chalcedony. There are a vast amount of varieties of agate. Usually, each variety is named after their physical characteristics or location of origin...$10.15 -
Sapphire Polished 3-4mm Faceted Rondelle - Banded
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$75.63Approximate beads per strand: 190 Slightly Graduated - Approx. size ranges from 1.5x3mm to 3x4mm What is it: Sapphires are a variety of corundum with a Mohs hardness scale of 9. They come in many other colors, although red sapphires are actually called...$75.63 -
Kunzite Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$41.31Approximate beads per strand: 110 What is it: Kunzite is the best known as a variety of the mineral spodumene. Kunzite's color comes from trace amounts of manganese. This crystal is naturally: colorless, pink, lilac, yellow, and green. Be aware that all...$41.31 -
Purple Garnet Polished 2.5x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$24.86Approximate beads per strand: 135 What is it: Garnet can be found in many colors including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black and clear, with red shades being the most common. Garnet is the birth stone of January. The...$24.86 -
Yellow Opal Polished 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle
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$17.51Approximate beads per strand: 165 What is it: Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica; its water content ranges from 3-21% by weight, but is usually between 6-10%. Depending on formation conditions, opal may be transparent, translucent, or opaque...$17.51 -
Sodalite Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$17.51Approximate beads per strand: 120 What is it: Sodalite is a light, hard, yet fragile mineral. It is named because of it's high sodium content. Blue sodalite is the most popular, but it can also be grey, yellow, green, or pink. Although somewhat similar...$17.51 -
Malachite Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$24.86Approximate beads per strand: 110 What is it: Malachite is a green copper carbonate hydroxide and was one of the first ores used to create copper metal. Mohs Hardness is 3.5 to 4. History: When ground into a powder, malachite was a great green pigmented...$24.86 -
Crystal Quartz Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$17.51Approximate beads per strand: 120 What is it: Quartz is a common variety of silicon dioxide that often crystallizes into well-formed hexagonal prisms. It occurs in many colors, including purple amethyst, yellow citrine, and smokey quartz. Colorless,...$17.51 -
Tiger Eye Polished 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle
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$14.71Approximate beads per strand: 165 What is it: Tiger eye is a chatoyant (cats' eye effect) variety of microcystalline quartz. Tiger eye gets it's lustrous appearance from the parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibers that...$14.71 -
Rainbow Moonstone A Grade Polished 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle
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$25.91Approximate beads per strand: 160 What is it: Moonstone is a variety of the feldspar family. During formation, minerals separate into alternating layers. When light shines between these thin layers it is scattered producing the phenomenon called...$25.91 -
Sunstone A Grade Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$15.06Approximate beads per strand: 120 What is it: Sunstone has an optical effect that is due to reflections from inclusions of red copper. These inclusions give the stone an appearance something like that of aventurine, hence sunstone is...$15.06 -
Labradorite Polished 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle
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$14.71Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: Labradorite exhibit iridescent blue, green, red, orange, and yellow colors. Labradorite is so well known for these spectacular displays of color that the phenomenon is known as "labradorescence."...$14.71 -
Pink Tourmaline A Grade Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$32.91Approximate beads per strand: 130 What is it: Tourmaline is part of a large group of boron silicate minerals with a wide range of colors. It has a Mohs hardness of 7 to 7.5. History: In the 1500s, a Spanish conquistador of Brazil, washed the dirt from a...$32.91 -
Pink Opal Polished 3-4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$30.11Approximate beads per strand: 130 What is it: Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica; its water content ranges from 3-21% by weight, but is usually between 6-10%. Depending on formation conditions, opal may be transparent, translucent, or opaque...$30.11 -
Sodalite Polished 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle
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$16.46Approximate beads per strand: 165 What is it: Sodalite is a light, hard, yet fragile mineral. It is named because of it's high sodium content. Blue sodalite is the most popular, but it can also be grey, yellow, green, or pink. Although somewhat similar...$16.46 -
Rainbow Moonstone A Grade Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$27.94Approximate beads per strand: 130 What is it: Moonstone is a variety of the feldspar family. During formation, minerals separate into alternating layers. When light shines between these thin layers it is scattered producing the phenomenon called...$27.94 -
Rhodonite Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$21.71Approximate beads per strand: 100 What is it: Rhodonite is a rose pink to dark red gemstone with black inclusions. Rhodonite is found in Australia, Finland, Japan, Canada, Madagascar, Mexico, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, Tanzania, and parts of the...$21.71 -
Amazonite Brazil A Grade Polished 4mm Faceted Cube
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$27.31Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Amazonite is also known as the Amazon Stone. It is a light green to light bluish-green color gemstone, with a soft color that can closely resemble Jade. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as...$27.31 -
Emerald Polished 3-4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$139.35Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: Emerald is a gemstone and a variety beryl and is green because of trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vandium. History: The first known emerald mines were in Egypt around 330 BC. Cleopatra was...$139.35 -
Sunstone A Grade Polished 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle
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$13.65Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: Sunstone has an optical effect that is due to reflections from inclusions of red copper. These inclusions give the stone an appearance something like that of aventurine, hence sunstone is...$13.65 -
Zircon AA Grade Polished Cream 3mm Faceted Round
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$17.86Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: Zircon, not to be confused with cubic zirconia, is a mineral that belongs to the group of nesosilicates. It is a zirconium silicate which appears a a dark brown, green or red color after extraction and...$17.86 -
White Moonstone Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$16.11Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: Moonstone is a variety of the feldspar family. During formation, minerals separate into alternating layers. When light shines between these thin layers it is scattered producing the phenomenon called...$16.11 -
African Turquoise Polished 2.5x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$15.06Approximate beads per strand: 150 What is it: African Turquoise is called Turquoise, although it is actually not turquoise. It is actually a form of jasper mined in Africa. This stone is a beautiful substitute for the more expensive traditional...$15.06 -
Amethyst A Grade Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$17.86Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz (SiO2) where the violet color is caused by irradiation or impurities of iron which result in complex crystal lattice substitutions. History: The name...$17.86 -
Lapis Natural Polished 2.5x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$19.26Approximate beads per strand: 150 What is it: Lapis lazuli, or just lapis, is a deep blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized for thousands of years for its intense color. History: The first known mining...$19.26 -
Lapis Natural Polished 4mm Faceted Coin
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$20.31Approximate beads per strand: 95 What is it: Lapis lazuli, or just lapis, is a deep blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized for thousands of years for its intense color. History: The first known mining...$20.31 -
Labradorite Polished 2.5x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$22.06Approximate beads per strand: 130 What is it: Labradorite exhibit iridescent blue, green, red, orange, and yellow colors. Labradorite is so well known for these spectacular displays of color that the phenomenon is known as "labradorescence."...$22.06 -
Tiger Eye Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$15.06Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: Tiger eye is a chatoyant (cats' eye effect) variety of microcystalline quartz. Tiger eye gets it's lustrous appearance from the parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibers that...$15.06 -
Sapphire Polished 3.5mm Faceted Round
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$38.51Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: Sapphires are a variety of corundum with a Mohs hardness scale of 9. They come in many other colors, although red sapphires are actually called rubies. Sapphires are the birthstone for September. ...$38.51 -
Iolite Polished A Grade 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$24.86Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: Iolite is a transparent to translucent form of Cordierite and is a light to deep blue color, and usually includes a purplish tinge. Iolite is one of few gemstones that has pleochroism, which is an optical...$24.86 -
Aquamarine Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$23.46Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: Aquamarine is a blue variety of beryl. It occurs in most sites which yield ordinary beryl. Well-known varieties of beryl are emeralds and aquamarine. Pure beryl is colorless, but it is frequently tinted by...$23.46 -
Iolite A Grade Polished 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle
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$19.26Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: Iolite is a transparent to translucent form of Cordierite and is a light to deep blue color, and usually includes a purplish tinge. Iolite is one of few gemstones that has pleochroism, which is an optical...$19.26 -
Lapis Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$18.91Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: Lapis lazuli, or just lapis, is a deep blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized for thousands of years for its intense color. History: The first known mining...$18.91 -
Aqua Terra Impression Jasper Polished 20-30mm Slab
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$25.91Approximate beads per strand: 10 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$25.91 -
Aqua Terra Impression Jasper Polished 6x8mm Nugget
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$17.86Approximate beads per strand: 45 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$17.86 -
Aqua Terra Impression Jasper Polished 15x20mm Puffy Heart
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$41.66Approximate beads per strand: 20 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created during the consolidation process forming flow and...$41.66 -
Black Spinel Polished 2.5x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$18.91Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: Spinel gets its name comes from the Latin word "spinella", which means spine, refering to its pointed crystals. It can be found in many different shades of pink, red, blue, yellow, green, brown, black,...$18.91 -
Zircon AA Grade Polished Dusty Blue 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle
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$18.91Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: Zircon, not to be confused with cubic zirconia, is a mineral that belongs to the group of nesosilicates. It is a zirconium silicate which appears a a dark brown, green or red color after extraction and...$18.91 -
Ruby Polished 3.5mm Faceted Round
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$31.51Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: A ruby is a pink to red colored gemstone, a variety of corundum. Ruby is the birthstone for July. Ruby is used in all forms of jewelry, including bracelets, necklaces, rings, and earrings. ...$31.51 -
Rose Quartz Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$15.06Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: Quartz is a common variety of silicon dioxide that often crystallizes into well-formed hexagonal prisms. It occurs in many colors, including purple amethyst, yellow citrine, and smokey quartz. Rose...$15.06 -
Apatite Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$24.51Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals that are occasionally found to contain significant amounts of rare earth elements and can be used as an ore for those metals. Transparent Apatite are sometimes...$24.51 -
Orange Sunstone Polished 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$24.51Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: Sunstone has an optical effect that is due to reflections from inclusions of red copper. These inclusions give the stone an appearance something like that of aventurine, hence sunstone is...$24.51 -
Yellow Opal Polished 2.5x4mm Faceted Rondelle
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$20.31Approximate beads per strand: 135 What is it: Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica; its water content ranges from 3-21% by weight, but is usually between 6-10%. Depending on formation conditions, opal may be transparent, translucent, or opaque...$20.31 -
Red Coral Polished 4mm Round
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$9.80Approximate beads per strand: 95 What is it: Coral is one of few organic gems. It is the exoskeleton of small animals (coral) that create their branching homes from calcium carbonate dissolved in sea water. The colors of gem coral range from a pale...$9.80 -
Zircon AA Grade Polished Avocado 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle
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$18.91Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: Zircon, not to be confused with cubic zirconia, is a mineral that belongs to the group of nesosilicates. It is a zirconium silicate which appears a a dark brown, green or red color after extraction and...$18.91 -
Garnet Polished 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle
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$19.26Approximate beads per strand: 190 What is it: Garnet can be found in many colors including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black and clear, with red shades being the most common. Garnet is the birth stone of January. The...$19.26 -
Amethyst A Grade Polished 3mm Faceted Round
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$16.11Approximate beads per strand: 115 What is it: Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz (SiO2) where the violet color is caused by irradiation or impurities of iron which result in complex crystal lattice substitutions. History: The name...$16.11 -
Emerald Polished 2.5mm Cut Cube
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$27.66Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: Emerald is a gemstone and a variety beryl and is green because of trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vandium. History: The first known emerald mines were in Egypt around 330 BC. Cleopatra was...$27.66 -
Emerald Polished 2mm Faceted Round
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$25.91Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: Emerald is a gemstone and a variety beryl and is green because of trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vandium. History: The first known emerald mines were in Egypt around 330 BC. Cleopatra was...$25.91 -
Hubei Turquoise Polished 4mm Faceted Coin
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$38.51Approximate beads per strand: 95 What is it: Hubei Turquoise comes from the Hubei Mine in China. The gemstone is full of deep greens, dark blues and even yellows. The most prized color is dark blue with spider-webbing. History: Turquoise has been mined...$38.51 -
Lapis Polished 10mm Faceted Quatrafoil
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$26.26Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Lapis lazuli, or just lapis, is a deep blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized for thousands of years for its intense color. History: The first known mining...$26.26 -
Black Onyx Polished 10mm Faceted Quatrafoil
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$26.26Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Onyx, as well as agate are both varieties of layered chalcedony that differ only in the form of the bands: agate has curved bands and onyx has parallel bands. The colors of its bands range from...$26.26 -
Tiger Eye Polished 10mm Faceted Quatrafoil
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$26.26Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Tiger eye is a chatoyant (cats' eye effect) variety of microcystalline quartz. Tiger eye gets it's lustrous appearance from the parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibers that...$26.26 -
Rose Quartz Polished 10mm Faceted Quatrafoil
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$26.26Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Quartz is a common variety of silicon dioxide that often crystallizes into well-formed hexagonal prisms. It occurs in many colors, including purple amethyst, yellow citrine, and smokey quartz. Rose...$26.26 -
Lapis Polished 2x4mm Rondelle
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$13.65Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: Lapis lazuli, or just lapis, is a deep blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized for thousands of years for its intense color. History: The first known mining...$13.65 -
African Turquoise Polished 2x4mm Rondelle
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$21.71Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: African Turquoise is called Turquoise, although it is actually not turquoise. It is actually a form of jasper mined in Africa. This stone is a beautiful substitute for the more expensive traditional...$21.71 -
Hematite Polished 1x6mm Wheel
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$13.65Approximate beads per strand: 200 What is it: Hematite is one of the most abundant minerals on Earth's surface and in the shallow crust. It is an iron oxide with a chemical composition of Fe2O3. Hematite is found as a primary mineral and as an...$13.65 -
Hematite Polished 3x9mm Cuboid
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$7.70Approximate beads per strand: 40 What is it: Hematite is one of the most abundant minerals on Earth's surface and in the shallow crust. It is an iron oxide with a chemical composition of Fe2O3. Hematite is found as a primary mineral and as an...$7.70 -
Herkimer Diamond Polished 6-8mm Faceted Nugget
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$231.78Approximate beads per strand: 60 What is it: Herkimer diamonds are not actually diamonds, but double-terminated quartz crystals discovered in and around Herkimer County, New York. They are called "diamonds" because of both their high clarity...$231.78 -
Ruby Polished 4mm Faceted Coin
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$30.11Approximate beads per strand: 95 What is it: A ruby is a pink to red colored gemstone, a variety of corundum. Ruby is the birthstone for July. Ruby is used in all forms of jewelry, including bracelets, necklaces, rings, and earrings. ...$30.11 -
Howlite Dyed Turquoise 4mm Round
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$9.45Approximate beads per strand: 95 What is it: Howlite is a borate mineral, which occurs in Canada and parts of the USA. It forms as irregular nodules which can appear in the shape of a cauliflower head. Howlite is quite porous it can be dyed to imitate...$9.45 -
Kingman Turquoise Polished 8mm Round - Sold Individually
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$6.65Sold Individually What is it: Kingman Turquoise Mine is one of the oldest and highest producing Turquoise Mines in America. It was originally discovered by Native Americans over a 1000 years ago. Kingman Turquoise is known for its...$6.65 -
Kunzite Polished 8mm Round - Sold Individually
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$1.40Sold Individually What is it: Kunzite is the best known as a variety of the mineral spodumene. Kunzite's color comes from trace amounts of manganese. This crystal is naturally: colorless, pink, lilac, yellow, and green. Be aware that all Kunzite is...$1.40 -
Blue Lace Agate A Grade Polished 6mm Round - Sold Individually
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$0.77Sold Individually What is it: Agate is a variety of banded microcrystalline quartz, or chalcedony. There are a vast amount of varieties of agate. Usually, each variety is named after their physical characteristics or location of origin. Agate is formed...$0.77 -
Kingman Turquoise Polished 6mm Round - Sold Individually
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$4.20Sold Individually What is it: Kingman Turquoise Mine is one of the oldest and highest producing Turquoise Mines in America. It was originally discovered by Native Americans over a 1000 years ago. Kingman Turquoise is known for its...$4.20 -
Malachite A Grade Polished 6mm Round - Sold Individually
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$0.84Sold Individually What is it: Malachite is a green copper carbonate hydroxide and was one of the first ores used to create copper metal. Mohs Hardness is 3.5 to 4. History: When ground into a powder, malachite was a great green pigmented paint...$0.84 -
Malachite A Grade Polished 8mm Round - Sold Individually
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$1.68Sold Individually What is it: Malachite is a green copper carbonate hydroxide and was one of the first ores used to create copper metal. Mohs Hardness is 3.5 to 4. History: When ground into a powder, malachite was a great green pigmented paint...$1.68 -
Amethyst A Grade Polished 8mm Faceted Round - Sold Individually
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$0.70Sold Individually What is it: Amethyst is a variety of quartz (SiO2) where the color is caused by irradiation or impurities of iron which result in complex crystal lattice substitutions. History: The name comes from the Koine...$0.70 -
Amethyst A Grade Polished 8mm Round - Sold Individually
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$0.49Sold Individually What is it: Amethyst is a variety of quartz (SiO2) where the color is caused by irradiation or impurities of iron which result in complex crystal lattice substitutions. History: The name comes from the Koine...$0.49 -
Crystal Quartz A Grade Polished 6mm Round - Sold Individually
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$0.35Sold Individually What is it: Quartz is a common variety of silicon dioxide that often crystallizes into well-formed hexagonal prisms. It occurs in many colors, including purple amethyst, yellow citrine, and smokey quartz. Colorless, transparent...$0.35