Green Lodalite Quartz 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch hps_12012023 in 1906 by two children

in 1906 by two children who stumbled over a metal object stuck in the ground

the fossilized resin of prehistoric pine trees

made up of of smaller crystals

Micas are fairly light and relatively soft

The combination of color and pattern variation are reminiscent of Red Creek Jasper

Green Lodalite Quartz 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch hps_12012023 in 1906 by two childrenGreen Lodalite 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.