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Natural Freshwater Pearl Freshwater pearls are a kind of pearl that comes from freshwater mussels.Freshwater pearls come in many shapes from round to button shapes, from flat flakes to rice shapes and in many colors. As with the salt water Akoya pearl the round shapes are generally more expensive. Color: orange, pink, white, gray, light purple, rose, black, brown, gold, yellow, silvery, green, blue, bronze. Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: CaCO3 Crystal Group: Not applicable Hardness: 3.5 - 4.0 Density: 2.66 ¨C 2.78+ Occurrence: China, Japan
| Natural Lapis Lazurite is a popular but generally expensive mineral. Well-formed, deep blue crystals are rare and valuable. Lapis lazuli is a gemstone of the kind that might have come straight out of the Arabian Nights: a deep blue with golden inclusions of pyrites which shimmer like little stars. Color: Blue, greenish-blue, violet blue Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: A complex aggregate Crystal Group: Not applicable Refractive Index: 1.5 Hardness: 5.5 Density: 2.7-2.9 Occurrence: Afganistan, Pakistan, Chile, Russia, U.S.A., Angola, Burma
| Natural Mawsitsit Mawsitsit is a rare, intense green variety of jadeite found in Burma.Mawsitsit is named for its source location, the small village of Mawsitsit.It is found in only one deposit on earth.. Color: Green with black spots Categories: semi-precious stone Crystal Group: Not applicable Refractive Index: 1.52 Hardness: varies, up to 7 Density: 2.5-3.2 Occurrence: Mawsitsit, Burma
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