Mexican Laguna Lace Agate 8mm Round - 15-16 inch rounds Hematite is an iron oxide

Hematite is an iron oxide and one of the few gemstones with a metallic luster

its oldest known use being in Egypt more than five thousand years ago

African Jade is a complex Calcium Aluminum Silicate and is a Nephrite Jade

so named because the ancient Incas believed the stone to be the petrified blood of their ancestral rulers

but rather a dark variety of Carnelian

Mexican Laguna Lace Agate 8mm Round - 15-16 inch rounds Hematite is an iron oxideMexican Laguna Lace Agate is one of the most prized agates in the world. It is a variety of banded Chalcedony with layers that may contain scarlet, deep red, milky white, gray, yellow, gold and brown. It is found only in a four square mile area in a remote mountain range of Chihuahua, Mexico.