Shungite 8x5mm Rondelle - 15-16 Inch African Turquoise The best available information indicates

The best available information indicates that the stone is a type of Dolomite that has been altered by volcanic activity

a microscopic protozoa with a silica shell

the resulting rock is dark gray to deep black in color and riddled with pits and holes where air was trapped in the stone

Green Lodolite is Quartz with inclusions of sand

The stone was first discovered in Sweden in the 1830s

Shungite 8x5mm Rondelle - 15-16 Inch African Turquoise The best available information indicatesShungite is a black, lustrous, non crystalline mineraloid consisting of a high percentage of carbon. It was first found in a deposit near Shunga village, in Karelia, Russia, where it gets its name. Shungite has been used as a folk medical treatment since the early 18th century. Peter the Great set up Russia's first spa in Karelia to make use of the water purifying properties of shungite. The antibacterial properties of shungite have been confirmed by