Malachite 4mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Noreena Jasper Pink Tourmaline ranges in color

Pink Tourmaline ranges in color from light pink to deep magenta

a variety of Jasper containing variably colored spherical patterns

Jasper has a long and illustrious history

mined since 4000 BCE

This dye was said to create Michelangelo’s favorite shade of blue

Malachite 4mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Noreena Jasper Pink Tourmaline ranges in colorMalachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding. Usually found near copper deposits, it is formed through the combination of carbonated water, limestone and copper. Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20 to ton blocks of the stone, while today it is primarily mined in Africa. Malachite was used extensively as decoration in the palaces of Russian tsars and forms the columns of St. Isaacs