Malachite 6mm Round 8-Inch R1669 Mixed Lodolite is Quartz with

Mixed Lodolite is Quartz with inclusions of sand

but it can also occur as orange

glass is melted in a furnace and then combined with a coloring agent to produce the swirling inclusions of pink within the clear material

These colors swirl throughout the stone in fascinating matrices of color

Malachite 6mm Round 8-Inch R1669 Mixed Lodolite is Quartz withMalachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding. Usually found near copper deposits, it is formed through the combination of carbonated water, limestone and copper. Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20 ton blocks of the stone, while today it is primarily mined in Africa. Malachite was used extensively as decoration in the palaces of Russian tsars and forms the columns of St. Isaacs