16" EGYPTIAN SINAI Turquoise Small Side Drilled Nugget Beads 8 to 9 mm long
This material was mined by nomadic Bedouins and is hard to find.
Clear saturated turquoise blue color with distinctive deep rusty red matrix.
Resin stabilized and no dye was detected.
21 grams, or 109 carats.

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