Pietersite, Natural, Faceted Round, One 2mm Strand

Pietersite, Natural, Faceted Round, 2mm Strand.

 This price is for one strand 15 to 16 inches long.

 2mm strands have 176 to 181 pieces.

Pietersite is similar in appearance to Hawk's Eye, or Tiger's Eye due to its chatoyancy. It has been described as a brecciated variety of tiger’s-eye. Pietersite is a trade name for a dark blue-grey breccia aggregate made up mainly of Hawk's Eye and Tiger's Eye.  It is a variety of chalcedony with embedded fibers that cause the chatoyancy.

Pietersite body colors include blues, which range from light or grayish blue to dark midnight hues, red, gold, orange and brown. Chinese Pietersite tends to have a brownish-red body color, while Namibian Pietersite has a bluish body color The swirls in this stone can appear golden, yellow, orange or fiery red.

Mostly found in Namibia and China, including South Africa, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), India, Brazil, Australia, and the U.S.  Pietersite was named in honor of Sid Pieters who discovered it in 1962 in Namibia, Africa.

Hardness 7

This is a natural stone that has had no treatment other than cutting, drilling, and polishing. 

The source of these beads is Brazil and they are cut, drilled and polished in China.