Hematite Antique Silver Plated 4mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Sacred Buffalo Orange or Hessonite Garnet is

Orange or Hessonite Garnet is sometimes called “Cinnamon Stone” for its orange to orange to brown color as well as for its origin in the land of spices

It has a hardness of 8 on the Mohs hardness scale

dark tones

Discovered in 1910 on the west coast of Tasmania

Hematite Antique Silver Plated 4mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Sacred Buffalo Orange or Hessonite Garnet isHematite is an iron oxide and one of the few gemstones with a metallic luster. When tumbled it can have the look of polished steel. Hematite is black to steel to gray or silver to gray, as well as brown to reddish brown or red in color. Its name is derived from the Greek word for blood, haima, owing to its red appearance when sliced thinly or powdered.