Post: Post Reply: They remind me of other odd beads from Africa I've collected. by Luann Udell

Original Message: They remind me of other odd beads from Africa I've collected.

I have 2 or 3 colors I bought from traders. Mine are all round, they are very hard, opaque, as heavy as glass, not as hefty as stone. I have pink (yup!), brownish, etc. I have some other strands, sort of drum-shaped that are white speckled with black particles. They look like someone mixed a compound of white granules with a few black granules, then shaped them. Almost like somebody is trying to imitate stone rather than glass. "Resin" comes to mind, but I don't know why. I'll try to take some pics of them tomorrow. Copyright 2024
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Original Message: They remind me of other odd beads from Africa I've collected.
I have 2 or 3 colors I bought from traders. Mine are all round, they are very hard, opaque, as heavy as glass, not as hefty as stone. I have pink (yup!), brownish, etc. I have some other strands, sort of drum-shaped that are white speckled with black particles. They look like someone mixed a compound of white granules with a few black granules, then shaped them. Almost like somebody is trying to imitate stone rather than glass. "Resin" comes to mind, but I don't know why. I'll try to take some pics of them tomorrow. Copyright 2024 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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