Light Green Stone With Purple Spots

Translucent grey color with occasional banding.

Light green stone with purple spots.

Charoite is a light lavender to deep purple silicate mineral that has swirling fibrous or spotted patterns. Matteo chinellato chinellatophoto getty images. For example white metals such as platinum silver or white gold give a contemporary look to green gemstones while rose gold offers a unique vintage look. Kiwi stone has dark black spots on a faint bluish green background.

It is composed of quartzite and the black spots are flakes of chlorite. Yellow green stones can still be quite attractive but won t reach top dollar. Typical botryoidal clusters of bottle green prehnite crystals. Prehnite is a silicate derived from calcium and aluminum.

The mineral has a light bottle green color and is translucent with a glassy luster. It is called kiwi stone because it is reportedly from new zealand. Dark stone blending black grey and brown colors with cream specks. Some people call it jasper but that name is incorrect.

In general a pure green hue is the most desirable and more expensive. It can frequently be found in botryoidal clusters in pockets along with zeolite minerals. Green gemstones go well with all metal colors but the metal color can affect the style of the jewelry. It is a rare and relatively new gem material discovered in russia in 1978.

However most apatite stones have visible inclusions. For secondary hues most people prefer a hint of blue to a yellowish green stone. Green gems may have blue or yellow secondary hues present. Green gemstones and metals.

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