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Hi Sallie, Your bead looks like an Indian carnelian (regardless of where it may have recently come from). The similarly-shaped beads from Idar-Oberstein are more regular. Being newer, they are often in much better condition than older Indian beads, and have sharp edges. The folks at Idar-Oberstein made these beads to copy Indian beads, and to compete in the marketplace where the Indian beads were distributed and admired. The material of the German beads, being from Brazil, is quite different. But that can be hard to determine from a photo of a single bead. Among all similarly-shaped carnelian beads from Germany and India, some would look alike, but a LOT would be different. Among the different beads, the Brazilian material would not be confused with agate from Western India (and vice versa). The Brazilian material is more translucent, can tend to be yellow or yellowish, and is often regularly banded. The Indian material tends to have a fatty translucency, and to be orange, and is quite often unbanded. Of course, there are many exceptions—and these are generalizations. Jamey All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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