Prehnite 3x4mm Rondelle Faceted A Grade - 15-16 Inch R1231 These Dakota Stones "DZI" style

These Dakota Stones "DZI" style agate beads are made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE

It is considered a stone of love and has been called the Stone of the Compassionate Heart

a hydrous copper silicate

commonly with inclusions of copper in speckled patterns throughout the stone

Prehnite 3x4mm Rondelle Faceted A Grade - 15-16 Inch R1231 These Dakota Stones "DZI" stylePrehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774. Prehnite is translucent to transparent, in colors from light green to yellow green to olive, with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns. It is a phyllosilicate composed of silicon, calcium and aluminum with trace amounts of iron.