Chelyabinsk, north of Kazakhstan
Re: Far east amazonite bead -- redmountain Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: beadiste Post Reply
08/21/2015, 08:46:33

The Wikipedia article indicates that amazonite historically had a limited supply, the main source on the Eurasian continent being a deposit near Chelyabinsk. This is north of present day Kazakhstan, and so seem likely to have been a Silk Road resource?

Will - do you know anything about this?



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