WA Black Obsidian is a stone that tells us the truth about ourselves. 3" $16
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Red Rainbow Obsidian
This dark, almost black obsidian has iridescent bands and swirls of red and reddish brown. Other colors are sometimes evident, depending on the angle and light in which the bead is viewed.
stones are commonly sold as doublets, such as charoite, because charoite is fragile and splits easily, so it is backed with a harder stone like agate to make it more durable. The stone to the left shows a doublet of plume agate over black obsidian, ...
The top picture is with indirect light, and the material looks very much like normal black obsidian.
A Roman named Obsius is said to have discovered the stone in Ethiopa, and obsidian was highly prized in antiquity for its sharp edges and glossy luster. Snowflake obsidian is black obsidian with flakes of volcanic ash that resemble snowflakes.
Other stones are blue coloured tourmaline as Uralian sapphire while blue coloured spinel as Hope sapphire and Sapphirine. Lapis with flecks of pyrite is sold as Gold sapphire. Tokay lux sapphire is black obsidian and Meru sapphire is blue zoisite.
 See also: Obsidian, Crystal, Stone, Quartz, Crystals
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