Shungite 8mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Star Cut Shattuckite is a pseudomorph

Shattuckite is a pseudomorph

whose color often caused ancient jewelers to confuse it with Emerald

” owing to its red appearance when sliced thinly or powdered

its oldest known use being in Egypt more than five thousand years ago

Shungite 8mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch Star Cut Shattuckite is a pseudomorphShungite 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