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Viking and Germanic legend tell that the sword of the hero Siegfried, the dragon slayer, had Red Jasper inlaid in its hilt. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dakota Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38190303707285,"sku":"RED12MAL","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/6420\/8533\/products\/RED12MAL-001.jpg?v=1613572099"},{"product_id":"gld12mal-goldstone-12mm-mala-bead","title":"Goldstone 12mm Guru Bead - CLEARANCE","description":"\u003cp\u003eGoldstone is a manmade material, consisting of opaque rust-red glass with tiny flecks of glittering copper suspended within it. Goldstone was first created during the Italian Renaissance when, as legend has it, a Venetian monk tipped molten copper into a vat of molten glass. 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This later combined with additional silica in the groundwater as well as the minerals that give Mookaite its distinctive colors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dakota Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38190310490261,"sku":"MKT12MAL","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/6420\/8533\/products\/MKT12MAL-001.jpg?v=1613572113"},{"product_id":"den12mal-denim-lapis-12mm-mala-bead","title":"Denim Lapis 12mm Guru Bead - CLEARANCE","description":"\u003cp\u003eDenim Lapis has the brilliant blue and gold of higher end Lapis, as well as gray and white inclusions in marbled patterns. Lapis is highly regarded for its beautiful blue color flecked with gold inclusions of pyrite, and was prized in ancient times for the ultramarine dye derived from it. This dye was said to create Michelangelo’s favorite shade of blue. 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