Amazonite
Amazonite is a feldspar mineral, usually opaque, green to blue-green in color. Amazonite gets it's name from the Amazon river and is found in the United States, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Russia, Australia, Namibia.

Amethyst
Traditionally included in the cardinal, or most valuable, gemstones (along with sapphire, ruby, and emerald), amethyst is a variety of quartz. The color of amethyst ranges from hues of a pale pinkish lavender or lilac to a deep grape purple. Amethyst is found in Russia, Uruguay and Zambia, Brazil, South Korea and Canada.

Autumn Jasper
This is another beautiful variant of jasper. It is a mixture of rust reds and avocado greens. This stone is also sometimes called "may flower".

Aventurine
A form of quartz. The most common color of aventurine is green, but it may also be orange, brown, yellow, blue, or gray. Chrome-bearing fuchsite is the classic inclusion, and gives a silvery green or blue sheen.

Bone
Most of the carved bone beads are from cows or camels.

Burnt Horn
Burnt horn beads are made from the naturally shed antlers of male caribou.

Carnelian
Carnelian is a form of Chalcedony, which is the microcrystalline form of Quartz. Because Quartz is the most common crystal on Earth, deposits of Carnelian are found throughout the world. Carnelian, sometimes spelled cornelian, is a red or reddish-brown variant of chalcedony.

Chalcedony
A form of silica, composed of very fine intergrowths of the minerals quartz and moganite. Chalcedony has a waxy lustre, and may be semitransparent or translucent. It can assume a wide range of colors, but those most commonly seen are white to gray, grayish-blue or a shade of brown ranging from pale to nearly black.

Chrysoprase
A gemstone variety of chalcedony (fibrous form of quartz) that contains small quantities of nickel. Its color is normally apple-green, but varies to deep green. The darker varieties of chrysoprase are also referred to as prase. (However, the term prase is also used to describe green quartz, and to a certain extent is a color-descriptor, rather than a mineral variety.)

Citrine
A variety of quartz ranging in color from a pale yellow to brown.

Crazy Lace Agate
Crazy lace agate, also known as Mexican agate, is a beautiful white opaque stone patterned with reds, golds, grays and browns. It is a cryptocrystalline quartz, (the crystals can only be seen by a microscope)  found in Mexico.

Dumortierite
A silicate mineral varying in color from brown, blue, and green to more rare violet and pink. Dumortierite is sometimes mistaken for sodalite and has been used as imitation lapis lazuli. Sources of Dumortierite include Canada, France, Italy, Madagascar, Namibia, Nevada, Norway, Poland and Sri Lanka.

Ebony
Ebony is a dark, richly colored wood.  It is quite hard yet very lightweight.

Fluorite
Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is a widely occurring mineral which is found in large deposits in many areas. Notable deposits occur in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, Norway, Mexico, Canada and the United States. Illinois has historically been the largest producer of fluorite in the United States, however, the last of the mines closed in 1995. The Illinois general assembly passed a resolution in 1965 declaring fluorite as the official state mineral.

Garnet
A group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones. Garnets are most often seen in red, but are available in a wide variety of colors spanning the entire spectrum. The name "garnet" comes from the Latin granatus ("grain"), possibly a reference to the Punica granatum ("pomegranate"), a plant with red seeds similar in shape, size, and color to some garnet crystals.

Green Aventurine
Aventurine is a variety of translucent quartz, colored throughout with speckles of yellow mica. Aventurine can be shades of red, blue or green.

Hessonite
Also called Cinnamon Stone, is a calcium aluminium mineral of the garnet group. It has a characteristic red color, inclining to orange, much like that of gem zircon. Hessonite comes chiefly from Sri Lanka but is also found in Brazil and California.

Kyanite
A typically blue silicate mineral.

Labradorite
A feldspar mineral iridescence. Gemstone varieties of labradorite include moonstone and sunstone.

Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (sometimes abbreviated to lapis) is a semi-precious stone prized since antiquity for its intense blue color.

Lepardskin Jasper
Jasper is an opaque, cryptocrystalline (the crystals can only be seen by a microscope) variety of quartz.   Jasper also comes in reds, pinks, yellows, greens, browns, and grayish blues. Mixing with other minerals give jasper its beautiful bands and patterns. Our lepardskin jasper is from Mexico.

Malachite
A carbonate mineral of vibrant green color. Except for its color, the properties of malachite are similar to those of azurite and the two minerals often occur together. In Israel, malachite is extensively mined at Timna, often called King Solomon's Mines. Malachite is also mined in the Ural Mountains, England and in the Southwestern United States.

Moss Agate
Moss agate is a translucent stone with green to reddish inclusions. It is a  member of the chalcedony family (micro-crystalline quartz).  If you examine the moss agate beads closely and hold them up to the light, you will see what looks very much like green bits of moss running through the stones.

Onyx
is a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color (save some shades, such as purple or blue.) Commonly, specimens of onyx available contain bands of colors of white, tan, and brown. Sardonyx is a variant in which the colored bands are sard (shades of red) rather than black. Pure black Onyx is common, and perhaps the most famous variety, but not as common as Onyx with banded colors.

Picasso Beads
"Picasso" refers to the beautiful, mottled finish on these glass beads. After being formed into the bead's shape, the bead is then treated with high heat and various heated gasses from metals to achieve the lovely colors and distinctive look of a picasso bead.

Picture Jasper
Jasper is an opaque, cryptocrystalline (the crystals can only be seen by a microscope) variety of quartz. Jasper also comes in reds, pinks, yellows, greens, browns, and grayish blues. Mixing with other minerals give jasper its beautiful bands and patterns. Our picture jasper is from the Rocky Mountains area.

Poppy Jasper
Jasper is an opaque, cryptocrystalline (the crystals can only be seen by a microscope) variety of quartz.   Jasper also comes in reds, pinks, yellows, greens, browns, and grayish blues. Poppy jasper is also called brecciated jasper. The name 'jasper' comes from the Greek for spotted stone.

Quartz
Quartz is the most abundant mineral on Earth. Pure quartz is colorless or white, colored varieties include rose quartz, amethyst, smoky quartz, milky quartz, and others. Quartz goes by an array of different names. The most important distinction between types of quartz is that of macrocrystalline (individual crystals visible to the unaided eye). Chalcedony is a generic term for cryptocrystalline quartz.

Red Jasper
Jasper is an opaque, cryptocrystalline (the crystals can only be seen by a microscope) variety of quartz.   Jasper also comes in reds, pinks, yellows, greens, browns, and grayish blues.

Rhodonite
A member of the pyroxene group of minerals with a rose-red to brown color.

Rhyolite
A volcanic rock chemically equivalent to granite.  The word rhyolite comes from the Greek word for 'stream' (rhyax) and the suffix 'lite'. Rhyolite was named streaming rock because of its beautiful flowing bands, which are made of crystal filled layers that form as the lava flows onto the surface.

Riverstone
Riverstone is a jasper related stone, in pastel colors to brick red, slate blue, beige-white, dusty rose and brown.

Robles Wood
Robles is a medium brown wood with a darker grain running through it. It is from the Philippines.

Sardonyx
Sardonyx is a type of onyx in which the color of the bands are brown to red, or it can be white or black bands.

Silverleaf Jasper
This is another fascinating type of jasper. Silverleaf has shades of cream, gray and black with touches of brown, and occasionally hints of red. The patterns tend to be in lines or bands.

Smoky Quartz
Smoky quartz, also known as Cairngorm or Cairngormstone, is a brown to black variety of quartz caused through the natural irradiation of aluminium-containing rock crystal. A very dark brown to black opaque variety is known as morion. Most of our smoky quartz comes from Brazil or Colorado.

Sodalite
Sodalite is a rich royal blue mineral widely enjoyed as an ornamental stone. Sodalite is a member of the sodalite group and together with hauyne, nosean and lazurite is a common constituent of lapis lazuli. Well known for its blue color, sodalite may also be grey, yellow, green, or pink and is often mottled with white veins or patches. Although very similar to lazurite and lapis lazuli, sodalite is never quite comparable, being a royal blue rather than ultramarine. Significant deposits are located in Canada and the United States.

Tiger Ebony
Tiger ebony is a dark, richly colored wood. It has bands or stripes of lighter color running through it giving it's "tiger" appearance.  It is a hard but lightweight wood.

Turquoise
Most turquoise is cryptocrystalline, meaning that the crystals can only be seen by a microscope. Some of the finest turquoise available comes from the southwestern United States. Turquoise is one of the most valuable, non-transparent minerals there is.