Iolite 6x8mm Handcut Faceted Irregular Chip Bead - 15-16 Inch Spinel For many years

For many years

It’s attractive blue-green provides a unique color to the mineral world

but gemologists eventually gave it its own spotlight

Beautiful specimens of Precious Opal

The most common members of the feldspar group are the plagioclase feldspars and the alkali feldspars

Iolite 6x8mm Handcut Faceted Irregular Chip Bead - 15-16 Inch Spinel For many yearsIolite most commonly occurs in shades of blue to gray, violet or indigo. It displays a visual property called pleochroism, which means that it can appear to be different colors as it shifts in the light. According to Norse legend, Viking explorers used thin pieces of Iolite as the worlds first polarizing lens to help them determine the exact location of the sun for navigation.