Chrysocolla Sphere Size:1.75" and community gardeners

and community gardeners

The black scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus

and found biological beauty in even the most unlikely of creatures

Dogtooth Calcite is a variety of Calcite that forms as multiple scalenohedral crystals

Others think the name comes from the patterns on its wings

Chrysocolla Sphere Size:1.75" and community gardenersChrysocolla, the king of carbonate copper gemstones, is an alluring, vivid blue green color and is often mistaken for turquoise because they share many visual similarities. It can often be found intermingled with malachite, turquoise and azurite, creating a wonderful mixed gemstone known as Eilat stone (named after the city where it was once mined). Legend has it that Eilat stone was originally quarried in King Solomon's mines in Africa which is