Sleeping Beauty Turquoise 7-11mm Blue Chip Bead - 15-16 Inch Bloodstone For hand drilled beads (like

For hand drilled beads (like pearls) there’s a bit more trial and error and guess work

and originally came from much farther away

Its origins are still a mystery with some saying it was from a meteorite impact on earth and others believing it was an asteroid burning up in the atmosphere

meaning that it has lustre and some translucency without the fire or color play associated with precious opal varieties

Spinel is a hard vitreous magnesium aluminum oxide

Sleeping Beauty Turquoise 7-11mm Blue Chip Bead - 15-16 Inch Bloodstone For hand drilled beads (likeDakota Stones Sleeping Beauty Turquoise is from the Sleeping Beauty mine in Globe, Arizona famous for the outstanding robins egg blue color and quality of their rough. The Sleeping Beauty mine ceased producing Turquoise in 2012, so only a finite amount of rough material remains. With only limited amounts of this highly sought after material remaining, natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise continues to rise in value. Turquoise is one of the oldest known