Green Lodalite Quartz 4mm Lantern - 15-16 Inch Calligraphy Stone red and brown

red and brown

rainbow effect of light refracting off of the air bubbles inside of the stone

according to the Mohs hardness scale

Onyx is a black and white banded Chalcedony

The best available information indicates that the stone is a type of Dolomite that has been altered by volcanic activity

Green Lodalite Quartz 4mm Lantern - 15-16 Inch Calligraphy Stone red and brownGreen Lodolite is Quartz with inclusions of sand. These inclusions range broadly in type and color and produce patterns that can look like gardens. This inspired the stones alias, Garden Quartz. 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.