Mixed Lodalite Quartz 6mm Round - Large Hole Beads Stone Type_Sleeping Beauty Turquoise whose color often caused ancient

whose color often caused ancient jewelers to confuse it with Emerald

It was first found in a deposit near Shunga village

Blue Chalcedony is reputed to help with communication

worshipped by the Incas

There are 2 specimens pictured to show that there are variations in the size and color

Mixed Lodalite Quartz 6mm Round - Large Hole Beads Stone Type_Sleeping Beauty Turquoise whose color often caused ancientMixed Lodolite 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.