Pietersite Ball Bracelet | 10 mm

Pietersite Ball Bracelet of 10 mm

Pietersite

Pietersite is a fibrous, breccia-like variety of quartz with inclusions of amphiboles, such as crocidolite. It is known for its vibrant chatoyance and dynamic colour patterns in shades of blue, gold, reddish-brown and sometimes grey or black. Due to its fractured and re-cemented appearance, pietersite is also known as "stormstone".

Pietersite was first discovered in Namibia in 1962 and later in China. The stone is formed when fibrous minerals such as tiger's eye are broken, moved and re-hardened within quartz by geological processes. Its chemical base is SiO₂, and its hardness is between 6.5 and 7 on the Mohs scale.

Sources:
Mindat.org, Gemdat.org, Wikipedia - Pietersite

These faceted, ball or beaded bracelets are strung on a sturdy, double elastic, making them suitable for different wrist sizes. Our bracelets range in bead diameter from 4 mm to 10 mm, with the wrist circumference varying slightly by size. The smaller sizes have a wrist circumference of about ± 160 mm, increasing to ± 180 mm for the larger ones. For children's bracelets, the wrist circumference is the smallest in our range, which is ± 12 to 13 cm.

We also offer split bracelets, where the split used ranges from 5 to 10 mm. These bracelets are also strung on sturdy, double elastic, with a circumference of approximately 16 cm to a maximum of 18 cm. Please note that there may sometimes be a different type between the pieces of split used. Our split bracelets are sold per 10 pieces in most cases, but there are exceptions.

Please note that we do not always have every size of every variety in our range.