Black Spinel 8mm Faceted Rondelle Large Hole (2-2.5mm) 8-Inch Turquoise Alternatives Azurite often occurs with green

Azurite often occurs with green Malachite

and the wood used to make them is only available after natural disasters fell young trees

Jasper has a long and illustrious history

Moroccan Agate is a variety of Chalcedony

Our beads have not been dyed

Black Spinel 8mm Faceted Rondelle Large Hole (2-2.5mm) 8-Inch Turquoise Alternatives Azurite often occurs with greenSpinel 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.