Astrophyllite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch featuretest12022022 Tourmaline occurs in nearly every

Tourmaline occurs in nearly every color in the rainbow and its name derives from “turmali

Peter the Great set up Russia's first spa in Karelia to make use of the water purifying properties of shungite

have been used for yellowish gemstones for at least two thousand years

It's soft chatoyancy is reminscent of the moon's light

Its chatoyant layers that create a flash which seems to emanate from within the stone as they catch the light

Astrophyllite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch featuretest12022022 Tourmaline occurs in nearly everyAstrophyllite is a very rare, brown to golden yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral. Astrophyllite gets its name from the Greek words astron meaning "star" and phyllon meaning "leaf". The mineral is heavy, soft and fragile, and was first discovered in 1854 in Norway.