Light Green Stone With Purple Spots

Kiwi stone has dark black spots on a faint bluish green background.

Light green stone with purple spots. Matteo chinellato chinellatophoto getty images. In general a pure green hue is the most desirable and more expensive. Often an opaque green stone its nickname is transvaal jade because it looks like jade and is found in the transvaal area of south africa. For secondary hues most people prefer a hint of blue to a yellowish green stone.

It is composed of quartzite and the black spots are flakes of chlorite. Grey smoky color with blue green. Green gemstones go well with all metal colors but the metal color can affect the style of the jewelry. Charoite is a light lavender to deep purple silicate mineral that has swirling fibrous or spotted patterns.

It is called kiwi stone because it is reportedly from new zealand. Typical botryoidal clusters of bottle green prehnite crystals. It is a rare and relatively new gem material discovered in russia in 1978. However most apatite stones have visible inclusions.

Green gems may have blue or yellow secondary hues present. Dark stone blending black grey and brown colors with cream specks. Grey black brown jasper zebra. Clear with green black inclusions.

Yellow green stones can still be quite attractive but won t reach top dollar. Prehnite is a silicate derived from calcium and aluminum. It can frequently be found in botryoidal clusters in pockets along with zeolite minerals. The mineral has a light bottle green color and is translucent with a glassy luster.

Translucent grey color with occasional banding.