3.5mm Bicone Silver Plated Brass Beads - 24 Inch StrandApprox. 3. 5 x 3. 5mm brass bicone bead, 1. 2mm hole + . Sold in 24 strands, approximately 168 beads. Due to the handmade nature of these beads, strand length, shape and size may vary. Made in India.

Golden Blood Quartz is a clear to milky to white silicon dioxide mineral

it is a gemstone of general healing abilities and is considered to specifically aid kidney and skin related disorders and diseases

a phenomenon that occurs when light hits the chips of silica inside the gemstone and a rainbow of different colors refract inside the stone

” which translates to “stone of many colors

meaning it forms by replacing another mineral’s crystal structure atom by atom with its own crystal structure

” owing to its red appearance when sliced thinly or powdered

veins and brecciated patterns

and forms around pieces of sand or other irritations within such a mollusc’s shell to create pearls

Garnets are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives

Jade has been used for tens of thousands of years

Ancient Egyptians believed Red Jasper to be connected to the fertilizing blood of Mother Isis

and much of the black Onyx on the market has been artificially colored