Strawberry Quartz 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch J & M Gems N Things 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

as well as a prismatic quality that differentiates it from other varieties of Moonstone

as well as some occurrences of dark gray

and in standard porcelain

Strawberry Quartz 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch J & M Gems N Things These Dakota Stones "DZI" styleStrawberry Quartz is a translucent, milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral. Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red. 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.