Faceted Bumblebee 8mm Agate BeadsPrice is for 15 inch of these black ,orange and white coloured agate. Each beads measures 8mm. Beautiful shine and colours. Agate is one of the most common bead beaders use because it is readily available in an abundance of styles and shapes. What is agate? Agate is a variety of micro crystalline quartz that forms in layers and many colours and texture, by filling a cavity in a host rock although it is usually in round nodules with bands looking like

Bead size: 13mm x 6mm - about 24 beads to the string

There are hundreds of thousands of different designs of Millefiori beads

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

Adults also love pony beads for their inexpensive variety and versatility

Each flower bell is 12mm square and drilled ready for stringing

but can also be black - named after the Greek word for rose

Gems of the Sea

usually it moves less than 1 km/hour

Roman soldiers wore it for protection

These vintage beads are usually hand made and therefore more expansive and are common purchases for collectors or customers requiring a rare piece of jewellery to be made

Some beads may have specks (inclusions) because they are natural

Decorative enamel work in which metal filaments are fused to the surface of an object to outline a design that is filled in with enamel paste