PIETERSITE
WHAT IS PIETERSITE: Pietersite is a trade name for a dark blue-grey breccia aggregate made up mainly of hawk's eye and tigereye.It is a variety of chalcedony (itself a variety of quartz) with embedded fibers of amphibole minerals in varying degrees of alteration. METAPHYSICAL PROPRETIES: Pietersite helps one see beyond the...
AMMOLITE
WHAT IS AMMOLITE: Recognized by CIBJO, the Colored Stones Commission, in 1981, Ammolite is the latest of only three new gemstones introduced in the last 50 years and one of three organic gemstones (including amber & pearl) and has been compared to Opal. Also known as Calcentine, Korite, Aapoak (Blackfoot...
PLUME AGATE
WHAT IS PLUME AGATE: Agate is one of the commonly found gemstones in the world. There are numerous varieties of stone making it is truly versatile and effervescent stone. Agate is banded chalcedony belonging to the crypto-crystalline quartz family. Agate is more like an umbrella term used to describe the...
KAMBABA JASPER
WHAT IS KAMBABA JASPER: The kambaba jasper is a sedimentary fossil of prehistoric algae from billions of years ago. It receives its blue-green color and black spots and swirls from the fossilised algae colonies. This means that it is not actually a type of jasper like the ocean jasper at...