African Turquoise 8mm Large Hole Round 8-Inch Green Quartz Madre de Cacao is a

Madre de Cacao is a very hard tropical wood with a visible grain

The first rough material was offered for sale in Tucson in 2011 and is now regularly mined at the remote deposit site in Sonora

cream colors and whites

and was named Morganite in honor of John Pierpoint Morgan

It is a variety of the mineral corundum

African Turquoise 8mm Large Hole Round 8-Inch Green Quartz Madre de Cacao is aAfrican Turquoise is not actually Turquoise, but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue green associated with true Turquoise. It contains inclusions such as copper and iron, creating veins and mottling that ranges in color from rust to black. Considered a stone of transformation and evolution, it is believed to awaken those who carry it to their highest spiritual purpose.