Sodalite 8mm Round AAA Grade 15-16 Inch Opal Blood Quartz is a clear

Blood Quartz is a clear to milky-white silicon dioxide mineral

Viking explorers used thin pieces of Iolite as the world’s first polarizing lens to help them determine the exact location of the sun for navigation

Shattuckite is a rare copper silicate hydroxide mineral

yellow and brown

A cryptocrystalline Chalcedony

Sodalite 8mm Round AAA Grade 15-16 Inch Opal Blood Quartz is a clearSodalite is named for its sodium content and may be classified as a feldspathoid. Blue Sodalite is sometimes referred to as poor mans lapis because of its similar color and much lower cost. Queen Victorias granddaughter, Princess Patricia of Connaught, was inspired by the stone and chose it for the interior decorations of Marlborough House in England. This prompted an alternative name for the gemstone: Princess Blue.