India Red Aventurine Beads

Our India red aventurine beads come in wonderful soft shades of orange, peach, cream, and yellow. The most common color of aventurine is green, but it is also found in shades of red, orange, brown, yellow, blue and gray. Green Aventurine obtains its color from inclusions of fuchsite. The color of Red Aventurine arises from inclusions of iron-containing hematite. Major deposits of aventurine are found in Brazil, India, Austria, Russia, and Tanzania.

Aventurine is a variety of quartz that contains mineral inclusions that give it a shimmering effect called “adventurescence”.