RARE Multi-Colored Pietersite (Namibia) 4mm Faceted Round beads, 12.5 Inch Strand
Pietersite is a pseudomorph variety of Quartz. It has the outside appearance of Crocidolite fibers, but has been naturally replaced by a chemical action, with crystalline Quartz. During this transformation, the Crocidolite is completely dissolved with the quartz taking on its fiborous formations. This creates parallel lines within the gem, which allows the play of light and movement.
Several colors and mixes of colors are cause other thanthe origionalblue of the Crocidolite with the varifying amounts of hydrated oxide of iron. The colors of Pietersite include blues, rusty reds, golds, and browns. the blues tend to be the most dominant and can be founding a vast array of hues from baby to dark midnight blue.
