NOTE : Sample photos show 8mm beads.

MEANING OF TURTLE BACK / TORTOISE DZI (GOOD HEALTH, LONGEVITY, SUCCESS)

Tortoise / Turtle Back Dzi ensures longevity in good health. The turtle-back motif Dzi is for cultivating good health, leading to longevity, strengthening determination in work accomplishment and offers support and backing in career. It renders protection from sickness caused by spirits & gives bodily protection. It is believed that the turtle back Dzi bead is able to protect the wearer from sickness and diseases. Furthermore, the bead is believed to be able to promote good health and speedy recovery from sickness.

METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HEMATITE

Hematite brings mental organization and is very grounding and calming. It helps with original thinking, logical thinking, and mathematics. It decreases negativity and can help balance the body/mind/spirit. Physically it has been used to keep the body cool, to decrease blood disorders, nervous problems and insomnia, as well as align the spine and mend broken bones. Hematite is associated with the root (base) chakra.