Hematoid Quartz 8x12mm Top Drill Faceted Tear Drop - 15-16 Inch R0864 red and gray in swirling

red and gray in swirling circular patterns

Specialists soak the stones in resin or liquid plastic to help harden them

This species is formally identified as Gliricidia sepium and can be found by different colloquial names in various parts of the world

worshipped by the Incas

Hematoid Quartz 8x12mm Top Drill Faceted Tear Drop - 15-16 Inch R0864 red and gray in swirlingHematoid Quartz is Quartz with inclusions of hematite. The hematite inclusions are responsible for the stones color, which can be yellow, orange, golden brown and red. Quartz has been highly valued by virtually every civilization throughout history, often used in healing and meditation and as religious objects in funerary rites and to dispel evil.