Stichtite/ Atlantisite 7-7.5mm round beads (ETB00850) designer jewelry

Stichtite/ Atlantisite 7-7.5mm round beads (ETB00850) designer jewelryStichtite or Atlantisite Stichtite in serpentine was first observed in about 1891 in the vicinity of the Adelaide mine, Dundas (east of Zeehan), stichtite is a rare magnesium chromium carbonate hydroxide. The mineral was named stichtite after Robert Carl Sticht, an American born industrialist and metallurgist who worked in Tasmania from 1897 until his death in 1922. Today, stichtite has value as a gemstone and ornamental material; accordingly, it is

- this is only an approximate measurement

Length: 16

Millions of years ago the forests covering Northern Arizona were buried under a sea of mud

where this mineral was first discovered

5mm(h)x9mm(d) largest bead: 42mm(w)x44

These may be red

Though reportedly discovered in the 1940s

Noreena Jasper

Size: 13 x 6 - 14

and the included minerals are mainly oxides of manganese or iron

Sonoran Dendritic

Dimensions: 27x18x14mm(approx)/ Length: 16