Gold sandstone is a form of glittering glass made by melting silica, copper oxide and other metal oxides to reduce the ions to elemental copper. Th...

Hematite is an iron oxide mineral that is often found in the earths crust and is extremely common. Please remember our semi-precious beads will all...

Jasper is a stone that comes in a variety of different opaque colours and is usually formed of microgranular quartz, chalcedony and silicon dioxide...

Prehnite is a form of calcium aluminium silicate and is a mineral that occurs in veins and cavities in mafic volcanic rocks. It is semi-transparent...

A mineral often used in jewellery and ornaments commonly known for its green varieties though here we have the beautiful white. The term jade can r...

Pure Beryl is colourless, the colours are caused by various impurities. The most well known forms of Beryl are Emerald and Aquamarine, but also Mor...

Apatite is a phosphate mineral that has a hardness of 5 on the Mohs scale, making it too soft to be widely used as a gemstone for jewellery. Apatit...

Sunstone is a microcline or oligoclase feldspar, which when viewed from certain directions exhibits a spangled appearance.  Please remember our sem...