Pierre Bumblebee - Paire Briolette This mineral owes its color

This mineral owes its color to the mix of quartz

Forme et taille: Rectangle cabochon

Variété: Quartz rutilé

white and orange

Pierre Bumblebee - Paire Briolette This mineral owes its colorThis stone often called bumblebee jasper is not (as the name suggests) of the jasper family. It is its bands of colors that earned it the name of bumblebeee jasper. It is a mixture of materials and volcanic ash, gypsum, barite, sulphide and even orpiment (a pigment composed of arsenic!). Since this material is fragile, it has been stabilized with resin to provide better stability and durability. We find it on the island of Java in Indonesia on the