Charoite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch New Strands for the New Year Black Spinel not only has

Black Spinel not only has the dark color

The first rough material was offered for sale in Tucson in 2011 and is now regularly mined at the remote deposit site in Sonora

Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz

meaning it forms by replacing another mineral’s crystal structure atom by atom with its own crystal structure

It is one of the most rare and sought after forms of Agate

Charoite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch New Strands for the New Year Black Spinel not only hasCharoite is a stone that naturally occurs in intense purple hues, as well as grays, browns, greenish yellows, white and black. These colors swirl throughout the stone in fascinating matrices of color. Originally discovered in the 1940s and not introduced commercially until 1978, it is a relative newcomer to the gem market. The name is derived from the Charo River in eastern Siberia, Russia, the only site where it can be found.