Plum Tourmaline 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch R1369 All wood beads on DakotaStones

All wood beads on DakotaStones

but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue-green associated with true Turquoise

Composed mostly of tiger's eye

hackmanite is named for Finnish geologist Victor Hackman

Plum Tourmaline 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch R1369 All wood beads on DakotaStonesTourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors, everything from colorless to black, from pastel to bright to dark. It can even exhibit various colors within the same specimen. Its name derives from the Sinhalese word turamali, which translates to stone of many colors. Due to this variety of colors, Tourmaline has often been confused with other stones. Many stones in the Russian crown jewels from the 17th century