70 Large Mosaic Purple Turquoise Rondelle Beads coloured beads padding-right:24px

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prompting some to call it "petrified sunlight" or "frozen gold"

Fantastic colour

s long use as a fertility symbol

With golden shimmering swirls similar to the cats-eye effect

70 Large Mosaic Purple Turquoise Rondelle Beads coloured beads padding-right:24pxPrice is per 16 inch string of these unusual beads. Each measures 10mm x 6mm about 70 to the string. Dyed, but colour fixed. What is turquoise? Turquoise is a soft, opaque gemstone, formed by volcanic rock reacting to copper deposits brought by water. Colour ranges from blue green, to yellow green with grey, black or brown veining. Most non green turquoise these days is dyed. As genuine turquoise is expensive, reconstituted turquoise is common crafted