Prehnite 13x16mm Center Drilled Faceted Pear Bead - 15-16 Inch Stringing Material violet or indigo

violet or indigo

slight variations in color

Baroque pearls can take on a variety of shapes

and igneous rocks

Prehnite 13x16mm Center Drilled Faceted Pear Bead - 15-16 Inch Stringing Material violet or indigoPrehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774. Prehnite is translucent to transparent, in colors from light green to yellow green to olive, with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns. It is a phyllosilicate composed of silicon, calcium and aluminum with trace amounts of iron.