Item Description:

Color: mainly black and green (some with red or white)

Size options:

                  NO1    8*12mm        33 beads per strand    approx 15.5 inches  

                  NO2   12*14mm       29 beads per strand    approx 16 inches

                  NO3   13*18mm       22 beads per strand    approx 15.5 inches

The listed price is for one NO1 strand.

Epidote is a calcium aluminium iron sorosilicate mineral, crystallizing in the monoclinic system. Well-developed crystals are of frequent occurrence: they are commonly prismatic in habit, the direction of elongation being perpendicular to the single plane of symmetry. The faces are often deeply striated and crystals are often twinned. Many of the characters of the mineral vary with the amount of iron present for instance, the color, the optical constants, and the specific gravity. The color is green, grey, brown or nearly black, but usually a characteristic shade of yellowish-green or pistachio-green. It displays strong pleochroism, the pleochroic colors being usually green, yellow and brown.