Black Chinese Rice Pearls - 5x3mm purple amethyst Price is per 16-inch string

Price is per 16-inch string of these beautiful orange jade beads - each teardrop measures 15mm x 10mm

Cloisonné enamel ware dates back over 500 years in China

agate often is found as a round nodule

Much Chinese turquoise was used for artistic carving and jewellery

prompting some to call it "petrified sunlight" or "frozen gold"

Black Chinese Rice Pearls - 5x3mm purple amethyst Price is per 16-inch stringThese beautiful, real Chinese freshwater pearls each measure a maximum of 5mm x 3mm. Price is per 15 inch string. Note: white hot spots are only on the picture. Colour: Brown black. The least expensive cultured pearls today rival the most expensive natural pearls ever found. Natural freshwater pearls occur in mussels for the same reason saltwater pearls occur in oysters. Foreign material inside a mussel can't be expelled. To reduce irritation, the