Multi Spinel 3mm Faceted Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Aquamarine Moss Agate is a variety

Moss Agate is a variety of Chalcedony

so named because the ancient Incas believed the stone to be the petrified blood of their ancestral rulers

it is exclusively sourced from a single small deposit in the desert of Madagascar

The colors in this stone can range from pistachio to moss green with areas of pink

Multi Spinel 3mm Faceted Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Aquamarine Moss Agate is a varietySpinel is a hard vitreous magnesium aluminum oxide, and comes in a range of other colors, but those varieties are transparent. Black Spinel not only has the dark color, but it is opaque as well, rendering its black especially deep and mysterious. Sometimes called the "Black Prince's Ruby" for its role in the English crown. It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times, but can be distinguished by its structure and its lower relative hardness.