6mm Birds Eye Rhyolite Natural Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch Stone Type_Emerald Von Prehn discovered the stone

Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774

It is not a granite

with bands of white Onyx running through it

Blood Quartz is a clear to milky-white silicon dioxide mineral

The ancient Egyptians carved amulets of Jasper to be buried with their deceased to ensure safe passage to the afterlife

6mm Birds Eye Rhyolite Natural Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch Stone Type_Emerald Von Prehn discovered the stoneBirds Eye Rhyolite is named for its circular color formations of deep reds, light tans and earthtones. Rhyolite was named "streaming rock" because of its beautiful bands, bubbles and crystal to rich layers that form as lava flows onto the surface of stone and can look very different depending on how that lava erupts. Rhyolite has a non to crystalline composition similar to granite but with a smaller grain size.