Blue Ice Glaciertite 12mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch nye_cabs_best a Greek philosopher and botanist

a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone

It's actually a pink variety of Beryl -- the family of gemstones that also includes Aquamarine

Tourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors

These colors swirl throughout the stone in fascinating matrices of color

Blue Ice Glaciertite 12mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch nye_cabs_best a Greek philosopher and botanistGlacierite, also known as Blue Ice Glacierite or Blue Ice Nakaurite, is a rare, newly discovered mineral from Indonesia that is an accidental byproduct of industrial smelting and is believed to be leftover slate from a gold mine. It is a hard ceramic in the Beta Aluminate family, with a chemical composition of sodium aluminum oxide. Glacierite has a beautiful blue color that comes from trace amounts of cobalt and vanadium. Some believe that Glacierite