African Petrified Wood Agate 6x8mm Corner Drilled Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 InchPetrified Wood Agate is formed from the petrifaction process of primeval trees over the course of many years. Petrification occurs when the wood is covered by sedimentary rock, as waters loosen and decompose the organic elements and replace them with silicate substances, while maintaining the wood's original structure. Preservation is enabled by a lack of oxygen.

this semi to precious variety of quartz is found in many locations around the world

Shungite has been used as a folk medical treatment since the early 18th century

This stone has not been dyed or enhanced in any way

polished to show off all it's amazing colors

" an allusion to the moon-like white reflections of the mineral or to the quality of the light transmitted from the stone

making it the hardest silicate mineral

this tightly twisted Griffin silk cord is

being found in metamorphic and pegmatitic rock

then brought to the surface by volcanoes and earthquakes

the resulting rock is dark gray to deep black in color and riddled with pits and holes where air was trapped in the stone

and those that still exist today have been passed down for generations

and Yellow Tiger Eye