Shungite 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch Control **The strand pictured is banded

**The strand pictured is banded but the strand you receive may not be banded

The first rough material was offered for sale in Tucson in 2011 and is now regularly mined at the remote deposit site in Sonora

Ruby has long been considered one of the most beautiful and valuable gemstones on the planet

In lower grades it can be transparent to opaque and is commonly light blue

It has been discovered with artifacts from cultures of the Neolithic Period

Shungite 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch Control **The strand pictured is bandedShungite 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