Pietersite 7x9-8x10mm Pebble - 15-16 Inch Dumortierite It can be easily confused

It can be easily confused with other minerals due to its variety of colors and formations

giving some rubies a slightly brownish or purplish tint

It's also porous so it absorbs stains

What Is the Zachery Process you ask

The Peruvian material has a lighter tone of Pink than deposits found in other parts of North and South America

Pietersite 7x9-8x10mm Pebble - 15-16 Inch Dumortierite It can be easily confusedPietersite has been called the Tempest Stone for its colors of deep blue and gray with metallic gold and flashes of brilliant chatoyancy as it catches the light. It also occurs in golden yellows and browns as well as milky white. Pietersite is composed of Tiger Eye, Hawk Eye and Jasper and is believed to discharge negative energies and cleanse the aura.