unlike a smooth bead which reads as pure matte black

and a citrine point

Carnelian is September's traditional birthstone

Mozambique

no trace elements altering the lattice

Sunstone Egg Size:2.1"L x 2.1"W x 2.9"H unlike a smooth bead whichAn egg shaped form cut to show the aventurescence from every direction at once. Sunstone is a feldsparoligoclase or orthoclasecontaining hematite or goethite platelets in parallel layers within the crystal. Light entering the stone scatters off those platelets and returns as a glittering, coppery shimmer: aventurescence. The egg form has no flat facets to interrupt the viewing surface, so the effect plays continuously across the curve as the piece is