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Short Strand of 30 Ancient Amazonite Stone Beads from Mauritania - Rita Okrent Collection (S573)

RARE FIND: only one in our inventory

30 ancient amazonite beads from Mauritania, in short tubes/discs with a focal oval bead.

Why We Love These

  • Useful range of beads sizes.
  • The variation in hue, which is natural to amazonite and part of what gives each bead its own personality.

Provenance: Mauritania. Amazonite has been made into beads across the Sahara since Neolithic times, and this region in particular was a source prized across West and North Africa, with beads like these moving along trade routes that later became the great trans-Saharan caravan trails.
Age: Ancient 
Dimensions: 8-13 mm diameter. Oval focal bead measures 24.4 mm long x 20.4mm wide.
Weight: 29 grams.
Condition: Worn/good.

Stone Item 573

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