Garnet 5-8mm Natural Nugget - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Hubei Turquoise All wood beads on DakotaStones

All wood beads on DakotaStones

or diameter of a bead

the fossilized resin of prehistoric pine trees

The name is derived from the Charo River in eastern Siberia

Jasper has a long and illustrious history

Garnet 5-8mm Natural Nugget - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Hubei Turquoise All wood beads on DakotaStonesGarnets are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. All species of garnets possess similar physical properties and crystal forms, but differ in chemical composition. The different species are pyrope, almandine, spessartine, grossular (varieties of which are hessonite or cinnamon stone and tsavorite), uvarovite and andradite.