Multi Stone Briolettes - identity crisis!

[particlesofstone]

Hi!

I ordered a strand of the Multi Stone Briolettes and can identify all the beads on the strand except one.  They are black and lightly swirled with light grey tones, very fine swirling almost like feathering.  There is no chatoyancy and the stones are opaque.  What is it?

Thanks!

~Andi

[Russ Nobbs]

The little 8 x 10 briolettes? Our stock number 21-000-025-34 ?

I'll have to look at them when I go into work tomorrow and see if I can ID one that looks like the "black and lightly swirled with light grey tones, very fine swirling almost like feathering" you describe. Snowflake Obsidian is a possibility as it is often included in our mixes.

[Russ Nobbs]

The stones in question are "Silver Leaf Jasper."

On our gem index at http://www.rings-things.com/gemstone/j.htm scroll down through the jaspers to "Silver Leaf Jasper."