Australian Chrysoprase 5x10-20mm Top Drill Teeth - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Cacoxenite and features dark manganese dendrites

and features dark manganese dendrites throughout

It has a hardness of 8 on the Mohs hardness scale

so named because the ancient Incas believed the stone to be the petrified blood of their ancestral rulers

Its inclusions of golden tones to rust to red are due to traces of hematite embedded in the stone

Australian Chrysoprase 5x10-20mm Top Drill Teeth - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Cacoxenite and features dark manganese dendritesChrysoprase is a bright apple green, translucent stone, whose color often caused ancient jewelers to confuse it with Emerald. A cryptocrystalline Chalcedony, its brilliant color comes from the presence of very small inclusions of Nickel compounds, as opposed to the presence of Chromium which creates Emeralds green color. Chrysoprase is believed to balance the heart chakra and help one understand their needs and emotions.