5 Large Breathtaking Crackle Agate Barrel Beads - 29mm agate nugget farmers slit the mussel and

farmers slit the mussel and insert small pieces of live tissue from another mussel

Natural freshwater pearls occur in mussels for the same reason saltwater pearls occur in oysters

Yellow is a natural reviver

Dyed - but colour fixed - About 100 rondelles to the string

5 Large Breathtaking Crackle Agate Barrel Beads - 29mm agate nugget farmers slit the mussel andPrice is per 5 of these large dramatic beads. Each measures 29mm x 20mm with large 2mm hole. 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,