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Gemstone: Gemstone Beads
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Gemstone beads are rare and durable stones. Today there is less distinction in the industry between the label semiprecious gemstone bead and gemstone bead as it is seen that semiprecious is somewhat misleading. Gemstone beads are versatile, affordable and a beautiful medium for any designers collection.
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Gemstone Beads - From before recorded history, semi precious beads have been used as both ornament and as currency. The earliest known use was in France approximately 38,000 years ago. There was trade in coral about 8,000 years ago and in lapis and amber.
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Gemstone beads are loosely strung on 35-40 cm strands, noted exceptions will be mentioned in the details link. Gemstone beads are ... sold in packs of ten for convenience of small orders, with some shapes offered by the bead.
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