Charoite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch New Strands for the New Year and it can be mottled

and it can be mottled or striated with veins of these colors

pattern and finish of the original DZI beads

near the Kennedy Ranges of Australia

meaning it forms by replacing another mineral’s crystal structure atom by atom with its own crystal structure

It is one of the most rare and sought after forms of Agate

Charoite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch New Strands for the New Year and it can be mottledCharoite is a stone that naturally occurs in intense purple hues, as well as grays, browns, greenish yellows, white and black. These colors swirl throughout the stone in fascinating matrices of color. Originally discovered in the 1940s and not introduced commercially until 1978, it is a relative newcomer to the gem market. The name is derived from the Charo River in eastern Siberia, Russia, the only site where it can be found.