Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch featured_08152024 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

Chrysocolla was first described by Theosphrastus

orange and yellow colors in which it occurs

Blue Apatite ranges in color from light teal to blue to bright blue to dark blue to green

Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch featured_08152024 These Dakota Stones "DZI" styleChrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors of rust, copper, black, white and reddish brown in speckles, veins and brecciated patterns. It is a very soft stone typically found near copper deposits. Chrysocolla was first described by Theosphrastus, a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone, in 315 BCE.