~~~ Unique Rare Blue Lace Chalcedony Agate Rough Cut Nugget Bead ~~~

approx. size : 22~26mm (length) x 15~16mm (width) x 8~10mm (thickness)

approx. total weight : 29 grams = 145 carats

* except the last 2 photos, other photos were taken against slight backlight, so the stones look brighter ...

* beads are cut to keep the primitive matrix from host rocks, adding contrast and organic beauty ... simply rare and unique...

* the host-rock matrix are mostly on the skin of stone, hence "skinned" ...

6 beads, drilled as pictured

Listing is for the exact 6 beads as pictured.

Color of gemstone may vary slightly from screen to screen.

*** Blue Lace Agate is translucent with beautiful banded and lacey shades of light blue, white and clear agate. It is often called Blue Chalcedony as one of the Chalcedony group in its narrow sense, as technically, chalcedony is any form of microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz, meaning any form of quartz whose crystals are too small to be seen without high magnification.

The rest of chalcedony group are sold under individual variety names, or as jasper or agate.  While the definitions overlap, jasper usually refers to an opaque, solid colored stone.  Agate is defined either by its translucency, or by having a pattern to its colors.

Bloodstone, chrysoprase, carnelian, onyx, sardonyx are all varieties of chalcedony gemstones.  They start with the same chemical composition as the Blue Lace Agate then other minerals get into the mix to create the other types of stones.

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(1) to U.S. - $3.45 first item, $0.40 for each additional item

(2) to Canada - $6.95 first item, $1.0 for each additional item

(3) everywhere else - $8.75 first item, $1.0 for each additional item

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