Chrysocolla 6mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 Inch Size_1x2-3x4mm Green Aventurine is a green

Green Aventurine is a green translucent quartz with glimmering metallic inclusions

including lazurite

and chromium lends a beautiful pink or purple

currently believed to be due to the presence of a copper-based mineral such as Malachite or Azurite

durable jewelry designs

Chrysocolla 6mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 Inch Size_1x2-3x4mm Green Aventurine is a greenChrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors of rust, copper, black, white and reddish brown in speckles, veins and brecciated patterns. It is a very soft stone typically found near copper deposits. Chrysocolla was first described by Theosphrastus, a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone, in 315 BCE.