Wampum Shell 4mm Round Bead - 15-16 Inch

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Wampum Shell 4mm Round 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.

while retaining the structure of the wood

It really adds to the look of these interstellar objects and creates even more eye-catching appeal

These inclusions range broadly in type and color and produce patterns that can look like gardens

and patterns

a phenomenon that occurs when light hits the chips of silica inside the gemstone and a rainbow of different colors refract inside the stone

Each strand reflects the unique mineral composition of the region

8-9 small ranging 15-20mm

There are 2 specimens pictured to show that there are variations in the size and color

or during meditation

It is transparent or translucent

It is a transparent to translucent stone that occurs in milky white

The name “Turritella” comes from the name of the genus of marine gastropod mollusks whose remains are seen within the stone