![]() Their families cried when they received the sad news, and their tears turned to stone as they hit the ground. During a battle between Apaches and the US Cavalry in 1870, the outnumbered Apaches, facing defeat, rode their horses over a cliff rather than allow themselves to be killed by their enemy. The name "Apache Tears" is from a Native American legend of Arizona. We think that Apache Tears make great pendants add a gemmy appearance to a potted plant or planter and, using a bell cap and chain, they are a great stone to dangle in front of a sunny window. Tiny amounts of volcanic ash are embedded within the glass. If you hold them up to the light, you can see that they are a translucent to sometimes transparent "glass" created in nature by a volcanic eruption. However, we are not certain of the location where the stones sold here were found.Īpache Tears are round nodules of an igneous rock known as "obsidian" that can be polished to a beautiful jet-black luster. Note how their size compares to the quarter in the photo. These stones are much larger than other stones sold on this page of our website. Angelite is not suitable as a ring stone. If you have a nice angelite item, protect it from abrasion and impact. Brushing against many common objects can put an unsightly gouge in angelite. That makes it very soft and easily scratched. Be careful with angelite, because it has a Mohs hardness of only 3 to 3.5. It is often used to make tumbled stones and carved into small sculptures. When of fine color, angelite can be used to make beautiful blue beads, cabochons, and other objects. Slightly bluish gray to grayish blue, often with a bit of brownish or grayish matrix. Celestite is a strontium sulfate, while angelite is a calcium sulfate. Some people report that angelite forms from celestite. These specimens of blue anhydrite are known in the lapidary trade as "angelite". However, in a few locations, most notably at a few sites in Peru, anhydrite can be found with a slightly bluish gray to grayish blue color. Most of the anhydrite found throughout the world has a brown to gray to white color. These tees have been Ethically sourced, click here for more info.ĥ0% of the profits are going towards setting up a youth education program on the importance of self-checks and information regarding cancer prevention."Angelite" is a marketing name for a rock composed almost entirely of a mineral named "anhydrite". If purchasing other items in a combined order, they will be shipped out together when all items are ready. Weekly o rders are placed on Monday's and take up to 2 weeks to print and will be shipped out immediately upon arrival. ![]() It has neck ribbing and it's preshrunk to minimise shrinkage.Īs we like to support locals, all of our tees are printed by an independent screen-printer by hand. It is a more feminine regular fitting crew neck tee made from 100% combed cotton (Marles 15% viscose). Let's start the conversation together!Įach tee comes with a breast/pec 'self-check' card which will not only educate the recipient about how to perform a self check, but will remind them to do it monthly. Don't just buy one for yourself, buy one for your bestie, give them the reminder too. This slogan tee is a perfect reminder that we need to stick together and look after not only each other, but ourselves too. We have a responsibility to check our own breasts/pecs, as if we don't take matters into our own hands, no-one else will. People in their low 20's often still get breast cancer, no-one is immune! Yet they don't encourage mammograms until we hit 40 years of age and even then, only for females. Support your girls isn't just about helping women, it's about looking after your breasts/pecs AKA your 'girls'.
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