Wampum Shell 12x15mm Carved Shell Bead - 15-16 InchWampum is made from one of the hardest and most beautiful shells in the world: the Northern Quahog, a clam found along the New England coast. The white and purple layers of the shell create beautiful patterns. Only a small percentage of Wampum shells have deep layers of purple and are thick enough to make beads.

Blue Apatite ranges in color from light teal to blue to bright blue to dark blue to green

Mookaite is a variety of Jasper in colors of red

Citrine is a transparent Quartz

5 billion years ago

Jasper is an opaque

Chrome-bearing fuchsite (a variety of muscovite mica) is the classic inclusion

Yellow Jade is not actually Jade

Porcelain Agate is a natural agate that is dyed and heated to give it the unique blue/white color and pattern that resembles porcelain

gray and brown banding and dendritic patterns

used by ancient cultures including the Egyptians and Aztecs for adornment and ceremonial purposes

Green Agate is nothing short of breathtaking

It is a white granite with dark gray mottling that also exhibits blue or green spots