Aquamarine 3mm Table Cut Cube A Grade Bead - 15-16 InchAquamarine is a transparent to translucent stone ranging from cerulean blue to light blue in higher grades. In lower grades it can be transparent to opaque and is commonly light blue, green and yellow with white and gray inclusions. The name is the Latin term for water of the sea. Aquamarine was once thought to be the treasure of mermaids, as well as a lucky stone for sailors.

Historically

and was discovered in North Kaap River

consisting of opaque rust-red glass with tiny flecks of glittering copper suspended within it

Formed deep underground during the cooling of magma

Represents the natural cycle of creation

which provides sufficient hardness for the stone to be cut

in 315 BCE

Creativity

translucent stone that can appear with such bright orange hues that the ancient Egyptians called it “the setting sun

used by ancient cultures including the Egyptians and Aztecs for adornment and ceremonial purposes

Green Tourmaline ranges in color from pale green to dark emerald to shades of olive and moss green

composed of hard calcium carbonate