Magnesite 8mm (Dyed) Turquoise Faceted Star Bead - 15-16 InchMagnesite is a soft mineral best known for being dyed to imitate other gemstones. Natural magnesite stones are usually white with a dark web like pattern. Magnesite is believed to possess calming, balancing, and grounding properties.

Composite beads may also be called "mosaic beads" because of the visible fragments

It's often mottled or veined

which means

they come in diverse shapes (baroque) and colors from saltwater and freshwater mollusks

this gemstone in its polished state looks like what it would be like to capture smoke in a stone -- bottomless black mixed with white wisps

Phosphosiderite is a combination of phosphorus and iron

Chakra: Throat

Agate was used for medicinal purposes in ancient Greek and Egyptian civilizations

and abstract forms

valued for its natural spiral shape

Blue apatite is metaphysically considered to be a Stone of Manifestation

Tourmaline and Pyrite