Black Tourmalinated Quartz 4mm Banded Faceted Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch*Tourmaline naturally occurs in a full color spectrum and is used as both a trade name and as a gemological name for a group of minerals of varying species Different forms of tourmaline may carry different metaphysical properties, with differing colors associated commonly associated with the corresponding color of one of the eight main chakras.

tans and golden tones that occur naturally within the stone

*These beads are "diamond cut"

As a Serpentine

black or brown veins running through it in web-like patterns

It often features a mix of vibrant blue and green hues

red and white to to as well as for its opacity and patterns

it is a gray or brown mineral with a pearly luster

second only to Quartz

and comes in a range of other colors

it is cut and polished to look just like a Quartz gemstone

a hydrous copper silicate

including to ward off illness and the Plague