We proudly announce ModeKnit Yarn!
A line of hand dyed yarns released in small-batch kits, available late Nov 2013!
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Ametrine Gemstone meaning. Ametrine is a rare and unusual stone which occurs in quartz when amethyst and citrine reside in the same crystal.
Lazurite is the blue component of the ‘gemstone’ Lapis Lazuli
Brazilianite, whose name derives from its country of origin, Brazil, is a typically yellow-green phosphate mineral.
Jasper, a form of chalcedony, is an opaque, impure variety of silica
Chabazite 1] is a tectosilicate mineral of the zeolite group, closely related to gmelinite, with formula (Ca,Na2,K2,Mg)Al2Si4O12·6H2O.
All species of garnets possess similar physical properties and crystal forms, but differ in chemical composition.
Coal (from the Old English term col, which has meant “mineral of fossilized carbon” since the 13th century) is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary
Gaspeite is an extremely rare nickel carbonate mineral named for the place it was first described, in the Gaspé Peninsula, Canada.
Tanzanite is the blue/purple variety of the mineral zoisite (a calcium aluminium hydroxy silicate) discovered in the Mererani Hills of Manyara Region in Northern Tanzania in 1967, near the city of Arusha and Mount Kilimanjaro.
Linarite is colored a bright azure blue color. This beautiful and somewhat rare mineral is usually found as crusts of small crystals.
Euclase is a beryllium aluminium hydroxide silicate mineral (BeAlSiO4(OH)).
Mercury was one of the first metals to be mined, as it has been around since about 1500 B.C.
Gilmarite - Named in honor of Gilbert Mari, a mineralogist at the University of Nice
The name means “spotted or speckled stone”, and is derived via Old French jaspre (variant of Anglo-Norman jaspe)
