Verdite 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch Sage Agate Orthoceras was an ancient mollusk

Orthoceras was an ancient mollusk that lived over 370 million years ago

an elusive stone with unique coloring

a 19th-century German professor of chemistry and mineralogy

It is a variety of banded Chalcedony with layers that may contain scarlet

The name derives from the term “breccia

Verdite 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch Sage Agate Orthoceras was an ancient molluskVerdite is a light to dark green metamorphic rock, and is a variety of Fuchsite, which is itself a form of Muscovite. It appears green because of traces of Chromium, and can range from translucent to opaque. This exquisite green stone is also known as African Jade or Buddstone. and was discovered in North Kaap River, South Africa in areas where gold was found.