Sleeping Beauty 8-11mm Chip - 17-18 Inch Gray and sometimes lepidolite

and sometimes lepidolite

and is sometimes referred to as “Matara Diamond” after the City in Sri Lanka near where the stone is mined

and short prismatic crystals

Natural magnesite stones are usually white with a dark web-like pattern

Sleeping Beauty 8-11mm Chip - 17-18 Inch Gray and sometimes lepidoliteDakota Stones Sleeping Beauty Turquoise is from the Sleeping Beauty mine in Globe, Arizona famous for the outstanding robins egg blue color and quality of their rough. The Sleeping Beauty mine ceased producing Turquoise in 2012, so only a finite amount of rough material remains. With only limited amounts of this highly sought after material remaining, natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise continues to rise in value. Turquoise is one of the oldest known