Agate, Black, Dyed and/or Heated, Faceted Coin, One 6mm Strand

Agate, Dyed, Faceted Coin, 6mm.  

This price is for one strand 15 to 16 inches long.  

6mm faceted coin strands have 65 to 70 pieces.

Agate is a common rock formation, consisting of chalcedony and quartz as its primary components, consisting of a wide variety of colors. Agates are primarily formed within volcanic and metamorphic rocks.

Hardness 6.5-7

Heating beads is a very common form of enhancement and is used to affect desired alterations of color and/or clarity. Heating can also be used to lighten or darken a stone. Heat is one of the conditions that cause gems to form, whether in the ground or in a lab. Heating occurs during natural gem formation. But heating applied to the stone after gem formation is an enhancement. Beads are dyed with the introduction of coloring agent into a gemstone to give it new color, intensify present color or improve color uniformity.  

The source of these beads is South Africa and they are cut, drilled and polished in China.