Astrophyllite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch hubei turquoise this gemstone in its polished

this gemstone in its polished state looks like what it would be like to capture smoke in a stone -- bottomless black mixed with white wisps

and used it to create amulets to be buried with the deceased

which comes in many forms and color variations

a man named Sterling

A manganese carbonate material of the Calcite group

Astrophyllite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch hubei turquoise this gemstone in its polishedAstrophyllite is a very rare, brown to golden yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral. Astrophyllite gets its name from the Greek words astron meaning "star" and phyllon meaning "leaf". The mineral is heavy, soft and fragile, and was first discovered in 1854 in Norway.