Luscious Red Agate Bead String - 8mmPrice is per 16 inch of these beautiful agate beads. No gemstone is more creatively striped by nature than agate, chalcedony quartz that forms in concentric layers in a wide variety of colours and textures. Each individual agate forms by filling a cavity in host rock. As a result, agate often is found as a round nodule, with concentric bands like the rings of a tree trunk. The bands sometimes look like eyes, sometimes fanciful scallops, or even a

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but permanent dyes are used today for most saturated colours

the Chinese around 550 BC

The ideal gemstone

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or orange backgrounds - and some have a cat's eye or a multi-layed star

The name Opal could have came from many places

It's made for the Far East market

It can help believe in yourself and especially in your unique inherent talents

Price is per 16-inch string of these beautiful amber beads - about 22 beads

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Although sometimes called "new jade