Snow White Turquoise Matrix Barrel Beads yellow jade Each pillow measures 25mm x

Each pillow measures 25mm x 18mm x 7mm - about 16 beads to the strand

Agate was highly valued as a talisman or amulet in ancient times

Some call its strange patterns 'cosmic caterpillar tracks'

or even a landscape with dendrite trees

As a result

Snow White Turquoise Matrix Barrel Beads yellow jade Each pillow measures 25mm xPrice is per 16 inch string of these beautiful beads. Each measures 16mm x 10mm x 10mm about 27 beads to the string. Chinese Turquoise is a soft, opaque gemstone. Ranging from blue green, to yellow green with grey, black or brown veining . Much Chinese turquoise was used for artistic carving and jewellery, which has always been popular in the Orient. In China, Turquoise dates to the thirteenth century A. D. Although most brought from trade with the