Smoky Quartz 6mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch 6X9.5mm These mines are also famous

These mines are also famous for sourcing North-American Jasper

Naturally occurring in hues of blue-green to green with spots and streaks of red

depositing layer upon layer of Quartz silicate to create the banding and patterns now prized in Botswana Agate

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Smoky Quartz 6mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch 6X9.5mm These mines are also famousSmoky Quartz is a translucent smoky brown or gray variety of Quartz. It ranges from almost completely transparent to an almost opaque brownish to gray crystal. The color of Smoky Quartz is due to natural irradiation and traces of aluminum within the crystal lattice of the stone. Smoky Quartz it the national gem of Scotland, where it was mined since around 300 BCE.