Jade - blue green 23 cactus quartz Sugilite has become increasingly difficult

Sugilite has become increasingly difficult to source due to the one place that produces it

8" and 315 grams

Rose quartz crescent moon carved in an ethical factory in Madagascar

0 gram raw Libyan desert glass with carved flat back pendant in sterling silver

In the 1980's a significant deposit was discovered in the Kalahari Manganese fields in the Wessels mine

Jade - blue green 23 cactus quartz Sugilite has become increasingly difficult44 grams Cherished by the Mayans, it was used to carve ceremonial tools, and burial masks. Countless artifacts have been discovered at most of the Mayan archeological sites in Guatemala, Belize and MexicoWhen the Spanish conquistadors arrived the location of the mine was hidden and then forgotten under the dense jungle floor! It is in fact Jadeite like the Jade from Myanmar and very prized pieces are translucent.