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Posted by: lindabd

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05/02/2018, 20:42:50

I bought this necklace because I like the little Turkomen bead at the center, but the pinkish bicone stone beads have made me curious as they appear (to me) to be hand made.
I believe people are still making stone beads by hand in Afghanistan, is this true? The other beads in the strand are mostly new serpentine beads.

There's a soft onyx that comes from that part of the world - "Pakistan Onyx"
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Posted by: beadiste

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05/02/2018, 22:59:18

Possibly "Pakistan Onyx" - a type of banded calcite, softer than quartz
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Posted by: beadiste

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05/02/2018, 23:02:27

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Posted by: ancient beads

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05/05/2018, 07:02:43

The stone is Alabaster, most likely from Egypt.
They are still being manufactured by hand there.

All the best,

Yankee

Thanks, Yankee! - alabaster, of course - I should have recognized it by the dull finish.
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Posted by: beadiste

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05/06/2018, 08:52:14

Thank you both!
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Posted by: lindabd

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05/07/2018, 00:37:34

This looks similar to the "soapstone" beads you posted about earlier.
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Posted by: Luann Udell

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05/08/2018, 12:11:48

I kept thinking those carved beads were gypsum or talc, but may they were alabaster, too?

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