Mixed Lodalite Quartz 10mm Round - Large Hole Beads R1766 depositing layer upon layer of

depositing layer upon layer of Quartz silicate to create the banding and patterns now prized in Botswana Agate

The name is the Latin term for “water of the sea

The inner layer of the shell is composed of nacre (mother-of-pearl)

Blue Chalcedony is reputed to help with communication

It is opaque and occurs in a wide variety of colors

Mixed Lodalite Quartz 10mm Round - Large Hole Beads R1766 depositing layer upon layer ofMixed Lodolite is Quartz with inclusions of sand. These inclusions range broadly in type and color and produce patterns that can look like gardens. This inspired the stones alias, Garden Quartz. Quartz has been highly valued by virtually every civilization throughout history, often used in healing and meditation and as religious objects in funerary rites and to dispel evil.