DZI Line Agate 8mm Faceted Round Brown White - 15-16 InchDZI Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pattern and finish of the original DZI beads. Authentic DZI beads were used in ancient times in India, Tibet and other Asian countries, and those that still exist today have been passed down for generations. The original stones were often used as protective amulets and are usually scarred or pitted in places

where copper contributes to blue tones and iron introduces green variations

yellow to green or sea to green in color

primarily earth tones

The inclusions are of manganese or iron

revered by ancient civilizations as a sacred stone of protection

striated crystals

Astrophyllite gets its name from the Greek words astron meaning "star" and phyllon meaning "leaf"

however different colors have additional attributes such as enhanced emotional resilience

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

plant materials

Crazy Lace Agate is often dyed to produce colors that do not naturally occur in the stone

Beads Per Strand: 68