Blue Lace Agate 6mm Round A Grade - 15-16 InchBlue Lace Agate is a naturally occurring soft blue agate, laced with bands or swirls of brighter blue, periwinkle, white and occasionally gray or brown. It is one of the most rare and sought after forms of Agate. Agate is one of many varieties of banded Chalcedony, prized throughout history for its beautiful colors and patterns. It has been discovered with artifacts from cultures of the Neolithic Period, also known as the Stone Age, occurring 10,000

which has earned it the nickname Merlin stone

It is a variety of the mineral corundum

it is made up of volcanic glass

Thulite is the naturally occurring pink variety of the mineral Zoisite

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

Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774

soft and fragile

meaning that it has lustre and some translucency without the fire or color play associated with precious opal varieties

As a Serpenti

white and reddish brown in speckles

Once cooled

honey or brown