Sunstone Crystal Bracelet Grade 5A size:6 mm The lightest grade in the

The lightest grade in the Mexican copal tradition - copal blanco in Spanish

and pleochroic - the same stone shows violet from one angle and paler pink from another

well below quartz - the one fact that governs the wearing

It is the softest

5–7 but cleaving cleanly under a sharp knock

Sunstone Crystal Bracelet Grade 5A size:6 mm The lightest grade in theSunstone a feldspar spangled with hematite, flashing copper gold as the wrist moves, as if the stone carried its own light. The glitter is mineral, aligned inside the crystal as it grew. Aventurescence is the lapidarys word for it light striking thousands of metal oxide plates that settled in parallel as the feldspar crystallised. Goldstone, the glittering man made glass often sold as its substitute, is the imitation; this is the mineral the glass