Beautiful Frosted 10mm Natural Amethyst BeadsPrice is per 15 inch string of these beautiful amethyst beads. There are about 39 beads in a string. The hole size is 1mm. Amethyst is known as the Royal Purple Pope Stone, the purple variety of quartz. If it wasn't so abundant, amethyst would be very expensive. Its name comes from the Greek, meaning not drunken. Perhaps due to a belief that amethyst would sober the effects of alcohol. Amethyst is always purple, but comes in shades of pale lilac to

All will be different shapes and size

Coral is the outer skeleton of sea polyps

Usually the gemstone is brownish

All with large holes so they can be strung on more materials

and integrity

coral is becoming rarer

powdered cinnabar was used during ancient times for "war" and ceremonial face and body paint

Without this processing

Price is for one of these little carved buddha pendant

Totally white (unlike picture)

about 30 to the string

Nephrite Jade is usually black and known as a heart stone