Gem Silica Small 3pc Slab R0086 priests and kings and believed

priests and kings and believed to be a powerful protection stone

It is often thought of as an all-black stone

where it gets its name

It contains inclusions such as copper and iron

its oldest known use being in Egypt more than five thousand years ago

Gem Silica Small 3pc Slab R0086 priests and kings and believedGem Silica is the rarest and highest form of Chrysocolla, crystallized and infused in Quartz. Gem Silica occurs in a vivid blue green color due to the presence of copper in the stone and is free of inclusions of other minerals. It was named and first described by the Greek philosopher and botanist Theosphrastus in 315 BCE.