Large "Puffy" Green Aventurine Heart Specifics: Beaded with Lobster Clasp

Specifics: Beaded with Lobster Clasp

Lapis Lazuli

Put together by hand in our galleries

It is prized in both Latin American and Asian cultures

you are able to see where this specimen grew alongside other crystals

Large "Puffy" Green Aventurine Heart Specifics: Beaded with Lobster ClaspSize: 3. 0 in. Weight: 8. 3 oz Green Aventurine is a variety of translucent quartz that contains inclusions. Light entering the mineral reflects off these inclusions. This is known as "aventurescence" and is present in other minerals. Aventurine is derived from the Italian word "venture" meaning chance. Green aventurine contains chromium rich mica known as fuchsite. Other colors of aventurine can be caused by inclusions of lepidolite, hematite,