Prehnite with Epidote 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch Glass Herkimer Quartz

Herkimer Quartz

Citrine is a transparent Quartz

including browns

The ribbed surface adds light-play and dimension

The time to pick up and put down conventional pliers can be spent creating and finishing the loops which can be significant given the amount of time it takes to create a chain of beads with wire wrapping

Prehnite with Epidote 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch Glass Herkimer QuartzPrehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774. Prehnite is translucent to transparent, in colors from light green to yellow green to olive, with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns. It is a phyllosilicate composed of silicon, calcium and aluminum with trace amounts of iron.