Golden Hematoid Quartz 8mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 Inch R0083 The original stones were often

The original stones were often used as protective amulets and are usually scarred or pitted in places where they were ground off for use in traditional medicines

a carbonate of chromium and magnesium

that were deposited in shallow sea beds

but unlike rubies

These Muonionalusta Meteorite beads

Golden Hematoid Quartz 8mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 Inch R0083 The original stones were oftenHematoid 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.