Hessonite (The royal) cut discs of this Garnet type from Afghanistan.

The K2 (Urdu: کے ٹو, Kaitu) is an 8611 meter high mountain peak on the Pakistani-Chinese border in the Karakoram. It is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest. The K2 is considered 'the holy grail' for mountaineers and is according to many experts the most difficult mountain peak in the world to climb. The mountain has a death rate of 25%. For a long time the K2 had no name as the mountain was not immediately visible to the local population. In 1856 the area was surveyed and described by British Colonel Thomas George Montgomerie as part of the Great Trigonometrical Survey. This gave the mountain the abbreviation "K2", because it is the second mountain that Montgomerie encountered in the Karakoram. Montgomerie numbered the mountains in the order he saw them. The other peaks were originally named K1, K3, K4 and K5, but over time these were renamed to Masherbrum, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I respectively. The reason that the name K2 has remained is the fact that no local name existed. Other but less known names for the K2 are Mount Godwin-Austen, Lamba Pahar ("Long Mountain" in Urdu), Qogir Feng, Chogori or Dapsang. In Balti there is no other name than K2, which is pronounced 'Ketu'.

This stone contains granite from the mountain with spheres of blue Azurite in it. This powerful blue stone is very loved, it opens and cleans the third eye and the crown chakra. Azurite accompanies psychic development and increases metaphysical powers, so very good for psychics, mediums, channelers or others, especially placed on the third eye. Raises consciousness to the highest level and promotes a meditation channel state, enlightens the soul and is a powerful healer and energy conductor. It removes emotional waste and old fears and cleanses the emotional body and creates inner peace. The fact that Azurite stimulates the inner sight and helps you to interpret your dreams more easily, is also useful for those who are spiritually seeking. This stone, which is a pure embodiment of the blue ray, can topple the ego's house of cards and reveal the truth behind the illusion your ego loves to hold up to you. He helps you to gain insight, but without judgment because it makes you better understand the true motives of yourself and others. Very good stone for when you start a business or enter into a partnership, because this crystal brings the truth to the fore. Also good for thinking, and therefore helpful for studying, giving lectures and memory. Azurite makes your astral and etheric bodies more powerful, making you less vulnerable to spiritual attacks or to entities. It helps close gaps in your aura. It soothes migraines, reduces ringing in the ears and helps with dizziness. Also for those who tell untruths out of fear.