Blue Goldstone 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Howelite Amazonite is named for the

Amazonite is named for the Amazon River in Brazil

Historically

The best available information indicates that the stone is a type of Dolomite that has been altered by volcanic activity

calcium carbonate and other materials

and creams

Blue Goldstone 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Howelite Amazonite is named for theBlue Goldstone is an opaque, midnight blue glass with flecks of copper suspended within it. These flecks glitter as they catch the light and may appear white against the dark blue of the glass. Goldstone was first created during the Italian Renaissance when, as legend has it, a Venetian monk tipped molten copper into a vat of molten glass. When this combination crystallized, the result was glass permeated with thousands of tiny metallic sparkles.