This listing is for a Handcrafted/Hand strung Agate bead bracelet in dark purple, light purple and white agate beads with lobster clasp. Approx 8" in length. If you love purple, you will love the beads of this bracelet.
Agate is a microcrystalline variety of silica, chiefly chalcedony, characterised by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. Although agates may be found in various kinds of rock, they are classically associated with volcanic rocks and can be common in certain metamorphic rocks.The stone was given its name by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and naturalist, who discovered the stone along the shore line of the river Achates sometime between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.] Colorful agates and other chalcedonies were obtained over 3,000 years ago from the Achates River