Chrysocolla 5X7mm-8X10mm Rough Nugget - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE HPS_06012023 Red Creek Jasper is named

Red Creek Jasper is named for the Red River in china where the stone was recently discovered

and most commonly found with black inclusions

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and an Amazonite ring was found among the treasures in King Tutankhamun’s tomb

Mookaite is formed by the ancient skeletal remains of radiolaria

Chrysocolla 5X7mm-8X10mm Rough Nugget - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE HPS_06012023 Red Creek Jasper is namedChrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors of rust, copper, black, white and reddish brown in speckles, veins and brecciated patterns. It is a very soft stone typically found near copper deposits. Chrysocolla was first described by Theosphrastus, a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone, in 315 BCE.