Butter Jade

Butter Jade is a wonderful creamy white color gemstone with fine parallel lines of dark nuances, some dark green, some grey that give a distinctive look to the stone. Butter Jade stone has a hardness between 6 and 7 on the Mohs Hardness Scale.

Green Opal

Reminding us of the ever-changing color of the Black Sea, Green Opal is a type of stone that can be polished to a high finish obtaining a beautiful and fine texture. Sometimes the stone has small brown dots that interrupt in a pleasant way the predominant green.

The stone is mined in Chiweshe area, north of Harare and on Mohs Hardness Scale its hardness is rated between 5 and 6.

Cobalt

With a hardness between 5 and 6 on the Mohs Hardness Scale, Cobalt is a dark purple color stone often with yellow or green striations or some spots throughout that is mined in northern Zimbabwe, in the Chiweshe area, north of Harare.

Verdite / Green Verdite

Sometimes light, sometimes dark, golden, brown or green, Verdite is a uniquely beautiful and rare stone that is said to be three and a half million years old. As beautiful as this stone is, as challenging the act of creation is since the stone contains ruby Corundum which is a hard mineral, the second hardest mineral on earth next to diamond, between 7 and 9 on the Mohs Hardness Scale. Verdite is found only in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Fruit Serpentine

Fruit Serpentine is a dark multicolored stone that may look black in places, with insertions of dark purple, green or brown. The stone is a type of Zimbabwean Serpentine that comes from Kwekwe area, south west of Harare and on the Mohs Hardness Scale it's rated between 4 and 5.

Leopard Stone

Leopard Stone is a very hard and rare variety of serpentine stone found only in the smaller mines in eastern Zimbabwe. It is named for its black spots on a bright and lime green background. Zimbabwe is the only place in the world where you can find Leopard Stone. It is a very difficult stone to carve and only the most skilled sculptors will attempt it. Leopard Stone has a hardness between 6 and 7 on the Mohs Hardness Scale.

Lepidolite

Creating a piece of art in Lepidolite, a very rare vibrant purple - lavender stone with an unmistakable pearly shine, requires an exquisite sculptor. Lepidolite is mined in the Bikita and Mutoko regions and is one of the most challenging stones to work with. Depending on the light, the stone creates different shades of purple, ranging from deep purple to silky grey. In Shona culture, Lepidolite is often associated with tranquility, peace and emotional balance. It is rated 2.5 - 3.5 on the Mohs Hardness Scale.