Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch Blue Peru Opal Porcelain Jasper is a brecciated

Porcelain Jasper is a brecciated (broken) Jasper originally found on a gold claim high in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico

pink and mauve

It forms when Quartz and Feldspar crystallize in radial aggregates within other silica-rich stones

” taking its name from the stone

Rutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle-like inclusions of Rutile

Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch Blue Peru Opal Porcelain Jasper is a brecciatedChrysocolla, 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.