Dendritic Agate 4mm Round Bead - 15-16 Inch

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Dendritic Agate 4mm Round Bead - 15-16 InchDendritic Agate is not banded like other Agates, and therefore is not an Agate in the strictest terms. Rather than banding, Dendritic Agate has branch to like inclusions of iron or manganese, primarily in black, within the golden tones of brown and yellow ochre of the stone. Dendritic Agate is known as the Stone of Plentitude, believed to bring abundance and fullness to all areas of life.

often used in healing and meditation and as religious objects in funerary rites and to dispel evil

It is a stone of compassion and helps balance out extremes

Its soft chatoyancy is reminscent of the moon's light

its coloring is the result of the chemical reaction that occurs when copper is introduced to water

This material dates back 29 million years and has been used in early civilizations as tools similar to obsidian

Formed deep underground during the cooling of magma

it is believed to have been worn Cicero

Hypersthene is often categorized as enstatite or ferrosilite

This variety of opal is named "dendritic" for the small inclusions within it that resemble moss or ferns

Shiny and sparkling at the same time

resulting in fossils that are chalk-white

and is sometimes used in crystal healing for its believed energetic properties