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Green Amethyst Prasiolite Smooth Nugget Beads 18-30mm

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Description:
Top AAA++ Gem quality smooth side drilled nugget Beads. These very large gems are top of the line. They are the most sparkly silvery green and are nearly transparent. Truly must see the amazing luster of these stones!
You are getting a WHOLE 7" strand They range from from approximately 18mm-28mm. All the strands are slightly different so yours will be chosen at random. they all measure NO less than 400 carat. So you can see what an amazing price this is being offered at. Look around!!

approximately 35 beads per strand. ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE APPROXIMATIONS

Shape:

smooth side drilled nuggets.

Quantity:

7 inch strand (aprox 35 beads).

Sizes:
(Average)

Length	10	mm
Width	8	mm
Height	8	mm
Weight	400	carat

Material:

Green Amethyst Prasiolite.

Color:

silvery sage green.

Grade:

VS (AA GEM QUALITY) .

About Green Amethyst Prasiolite:
Prasiolite (or vermarine) is the name for any quartz crystal or cluster that is green in color. Although often cut as a gemstone, prasiolite is actually quite rare in nature. Most prasiolites on the market are heat treated amethyst. When heat treated, the the amethyst from most locations transforms into yellow or orange citrine. From a few locations, a green color results, yielding prasiolite which is often called (wrongly) "green amethyst". These locations include Montezuma, Brazil, and Arizona. Naturally occurring prasiolite has been reported from Poland. Prasiolite (sometimes spelled praziolite) can be confused with the similarly colored praseolite which results from the heat treatment of iolite, a variety of cordierite. Note the spellings: prasiolite is the quartz variety, while praseolite is the cordierite variety - not the other way around (which would be easier to remember). Note that prasiolite is macro-crystalline quartz. A green cryptocrystalline quartz, where the individual crystals Some colorless quartz crystals have sufficient inclusions of chlorite to result in a green color. However, this would not be considered prasiolite. In any event, the color is wrong - more of a dark grass-green than a leek-green. Prasiolite is only one of * Amethyst is the purple gemstone variety. * Citrine is the yellow to orange gemstone variety. * Milky Quartz is the cloudy white variety. * Rock crystal is the clear variety that is also used as a gemstone. * Rose quartz is a pink to reddish pink variety * Smoky quartz is the brown to gray variety.

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