DZI Line Agate 8mm Round Brown - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Moss Agate laced with bands or swirls

laced with bands or swirls of brighter blue

rich browns and grays to lighter golden browns and creams

but its identity is complicated

Pyhsically

the mineral was named for French paleontologist Eugene Durmortier (1803 to 1873)

DZI Line Agate 8mm Round Brown - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Moss Agate laced with bands or swirlsDZI Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pattern and finish of the original DZI beads. Authentic DZI beads were used in ancient times in India, Tibet and other Asian countries, and those that still exist today have been passed down for generations. The original stones were often used as protective amulets and are usually scarred or pitted in places