Brazilian Amazonite 10x8mm Faceted Butterfly A Grade - 15-16 Inch R0188 the hole size

the hole size

and the wood used to make them is only available after natural disasters fell young trees

These form as a criss cross banding called lamellae

glass is melted in a furnace and then combined with a coloring agent to produce the swirling inclusions of pink within the clear material

as well as gray and white inclusions in marbled patterns

Brazilian Amazonite 10x8mm Faceted Butterfly A Grade - 15-16 Inch R0188 the hole sizeBrazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally translucent milky white. It is named for the Amazon River in Brazil, where the stones are thought to have been originally found, however they are not currently sourced from that particular region. Amazonite has a long and illustrious history dating back to Mesopotamia. It was used in the Egyptian Book of the