Black Spinel 10mm Natural Round - 15-16 Inch Shape_Nugget Green Apatite is a transparent

Green Apatite is a transparent to translucent stone that may be green

as it operates primarily on the root chakra

New Burma Jade is the trade name for a semi-translucent serpentine stone available in a variety of green shades including olive

and peridot

Black Spinel 10mm Natural Round - 15-16 Inch Shape_Nugget Green Apatite is a transparentSpinel is a hard vitreous magnesium aluminum oxide, and comes in a range of other colors, but those varieties are transparent. Black Spinel not only has the dark color, but it is opaque as well, rendering its black especially deep and mysterious. Sometimes called the "Black Prince's Ruby" for its role in the English crown. It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times, but can be distinguished by its structure and its lower relative hardness.