Sleek Red and Black Sardonyx Banded Agate Barrel Beads - 14mm x 10mm graduated stone Mother of pearl is the

Mother of pearl is the iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of the mollusk's shell

mass-production today makes them affordable

Each nugget measures 8mm x 6mm x 4mm - about 50 to the string

artificially coloured with pigments and then stabilized with a polymer

Each measures a large 20mm x 5mm - about 20 donuts to the string

Sleek Red and Black Sardonyx Banded Agate Barrel Beads - 14mm x 10mm graduated stone Mother of pearl is thePrice is for 15 inch string of this beautiful highly polish and fine finish beads. Each measures 14mm x 10mm about 27 beads in a string. 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