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P1080796

Posted by Kathleen McCabe-Elsey on March 5, 2011 at 3:54pm

P1080796

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Patricia Deany March 6, 2011 at 1:04pm

What type of stone is this?
Kathleen McCabe-Elsey March 6, 2011 at 5:42pm

Hi Patricia is is an old dZi bead set in a ring - Size 6.6 dZi ring
Patricia Deany March 6, 2011 at 5:47pm

The bead looks very old, is the setting old?
Kathleen McCabe-Elsey March 6, 2011 at 6:39pm

Rings at Global Beads Inc
Kathleen McCabe-Elsey March 6, 2011 at 8:05pm

Yes the beads is old - what you will sometimes see is when a broken dZi bead is found - they will set as a ring. _ still keeping the lure of the powers beleived associated with the bead.
SARAH CORBETT March 6, 2011 at 8:34pm

http://www.thebeadsite.com/bmms-etq.htm

link to Dzi bead info
SARAH CORBETT March 6, 2011 at 8:37pm

I am not personally aware of Ancient blue Dzi beads, they tend to be earthy colours .... but may be wrong....

Shall look into it some more

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