Chalcedony (Marbled) 10-13mm Chips - 15-16 Inch Throat strong tropical wood native to

strong tropical wood native to the Philippines

red and gray in swirling circular patterns

creating a unique "marbled" look

It's actually a pink variety of Beryl -- the family of gemstones that also includes Aquamarine

Madre de Cacao is a very hard tropical wood with a visible grain

Chalcedony (Marbled) 10-13mm Chips - 15-16 Inch Throat strong tropical wood native toBlue Chalcedony is a naturally occurring soft blue translucent stone. It is a member of the Quartz family, a form of silica with a cryptocrystalline structure that incorporates Moganite along with the Quartz. Known in antiquity as the Speakers Stone, it is believed to have been worn Cicero, the great Roman orator. These strands were cut into beads with some of the material the Chalcedony was mined out of remaining, creating a unique "marbled" look.