DZI Agate 10mm Round White Line Pattern - 15-16 InchThese Dakota Stones "DZI" style agate beads are 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

Red Lightning Agate is predominantly red with swirls and mottling of green

Onyx is a black and white banded Chalcedony

but has been used historically to describe the transparent variety

and the green color is caused by a reaction in the stone when the chrome is introduced to water

Its proper name is Artocarpus heterophyllus

a microscopic protozoa with a silica shell

Bloodstone most commonly refers to green Jasper with red inclusions consisting of Hematite

as waters loosen and decompose the organic elements and replace them with silicate substances

as well as a stone of prosperity

where it was mined since around 300 BCE

An orthoproxene mineral

its oldest known use being in Egypt more than five thousand years ago