29 Lean Light-Green & Yellow Soochow Jade Tube Beads - 8mm x 4mm pearl bead everyone appreciates coral

everyone appreciates coral

Each measures a massive 30mm x 14mm - about 13 beads to the strand

and is drilled ready to thread

and is called a sapphire in any colour except red

Fluorite have been excavated from the ruins of Pompeii

29 Lean Light-Green & Yellow Soochow Jade Tube Beads - 8mm x 4mm pearl bead everyone appreciates coralPrice is per 16 inch string of these beautiful 8mm x 4mm jade tube beads. About 29 tubes to the string. Each will be slightly different colour, shades and pattern. For 5,000 years Imperial China used the word "jade" as something precious. Because jade is said to have all the attributes most valued in society. A symbol of purity and serenity, it is delicate, but will not break is beautiful, but not impermanent, it can be flawed with lines, but still