Hematite White Silver Plated 4mm "Football" Shape 15-16 InchHematite is an iron oxide and one of the few gemstones with a metallic luster. When tumbled it can have the look of polished steel. Hematite is black to steel gray or silver gray, as well as brown to reddish brown or red in color. Its name is derived from the Greek word for blood, haima, owing to its red appearance when sliced thinly or powdered.

from pastel to bright to dark

intricate patterns of minute black flecks

a warm peach

Preservation is enabled by a lack of oxygen

Blue Sodalite is sometimes referred to as “poor man’s lapis” because of its similar color and much lower cost

Its name is derived from the Greek word for blood

Red Garnet is the most commonly known type of Garnet

It was discovered in Labrador

“Butter” suggests qualities of smoothness

the brown spaces creating new continents aside the unfamiliar oceans

and much of the black Onyx on the market has been artificially colored

Labradorite is usually gray to green