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Let's Rock => Ancient Lapidary History => Topic started by: lithicbeads on March 24, 2016, 07:56:58 PM
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Some of you folks have seen this before. This site has alot of interesting things.
http://www.ancientbead.com/Ancient_bead_production.html
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Thanks for reminding me about this site. It has been a long time since I've visited there. A great resource. :thumbsup:
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The home page is full of interesting beads from many cultures. I like browsing through the beads and looking at rough from far away. I recently learned that the agate from which the most expensive beads ever made is fashioned from actually has tiny dots of cinnabar distributed throughout the agate. The beads are phum dzi and sell , if very old and somewhat easily authenticated , for between $5,000 and $250,000 in many Asian cultures.
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That's a very interesting page! The aesthetics of stonework have changed, but not by much; they knew how to pick gorgeous material and shape it very well. I dream of finding a bead out here someday, but it'd probably be illegal to pick it up even if there are any that aren't trade goods for central Oregon.
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On private property it is yours unless it it part of a documented and protected hoard.
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Sweet website for the bead-aholic Lol :-P
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Thanks For Posting This Link This is what i can see myself doing. :thumbsup:
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thanks for posting this site. it's been about a year since i first saw it. i did a google search then on bead treatments and some of the sites i linked onto said that in order to get the chevron effect on the bead or any white markings, it was painted on using soda (mixed with urine i think) and then heat treated. the more applications applied the stronger in color it becomes. mary..