Amethyst 6mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads featured_07132023 The most precious Fire Opal

The most precious Fire Opal has flashes of iridescence and is known as Precious Fire Opal or “Firmament Stone

Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20 to ton blocks of the stone

It is mined under extremely harsh conditions and the high-grade specimens are more rare than diamonds

It was used in the Egyptian Book of the Dead

Amethyst 6mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads featured_07132023 The most precious Fire OpalAmethyst is a beautiful purple stone, known as a Gem of Fire by ancient cultures. It has been greatly sought after throughout history and was at times valued as highly as Diamond. Today, this semi to precious variety of quartz is found in many locations around the world. The presence of Manganese within the stone produces the purple hue, and variation of the amount of iron in the stone creates a color range from reddish purple to deep violet to light