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Bone:

One of the first type of beads that were made were bone beads. These beads are made from actual bones which are shaped and threaded to use in decorating.

 

One of the reasons bone beads were popular was because people could not go to the grocery store and by a steak. Instead, they had to hunt an animal, butcher the animal, clean it, and cook it. During this process there were a lot of by-products. During this time, people were not as wasteful as we are now. At that time, we used every part that we could find a use for and bone beads were on of these items.

 

Jasper:

Green Jasper, though a component of many of the multi-colored Jaspers, is most rare and prized when it forms as a single green color. It ranges from pale spring green to a deep tea or olive green, and has been revered since antiquity for its powers to soothe the spirit, banish ghosts and evil thoughts, increase fertility, and bring in rain. Green Jasper also balances obsessive tendencies and restores harmony to the emotional body, allowing one to gain control over thoughts. It is the ultimate sleep stone.

 

 

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I am not a Gemologist or a Lapidary. Gemstones were identified at the time of purchase by the supplier. Any errors, discrepancies, or omissions are not intentional. All gemstone meanings, metaphysical properties and associated verbiage are not claims of fact but have been gathered from writing, books, folklore and various sources.