Mixed Lodalite Quartz 6mm Faceted Rondelle - Large Hole BeadsMixed 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.

decays and is exposed to mineral-rich water

creating iridescent flashes of blue

Micas are fairly light and relatively soft

originally from the Lapis-Lazuli mine in Afghanistan

Red Brecciated Jasper is typically found in deep red

It is believed to aid in decision making

Composed mostly of tiger's eye

made up of of smaller crystals

Mohs hardness 7

This semi to translucent stone occurs in an array of hues

and rose along with deep maroon dendrites

Known to Egyptian and Aztec cultures thousands of years ago