Vivid Yellow Agate and Green 12mm Teardrop Beads lavender pearl Hematite is said to be

Hematite is said to be closely tied to the blood due to its iron content

and is now rare

sometimes called Amazon Jade

Hence recent excitement of the discovery of grey hematite on the planet Mars - suggesting there was water once present

Agate's properties

Vivid Yellow Agate and Green 12mm Teardrop Beads lavender pearl Hematite is said to bePrice is per 16 inch string of about 30 beads each measures 12mm x 11mm. No gemstone is more creatively striped by nature than agate, chalcedony quartz that forms in concentric layers in a wide variety of colours and textures. Each individual agate forms by filling a cavity in host rock. As a result, agate often is found as a round nodule, with concentric bands like the rings of a tree trunk. The bands sometimes look like eyes, sometimes fanciful