Wampum Shell 12x15mm Carved Shell Bead - 15-16 Inch Hydrogrossular with darker shades being higher

with darker shades being higher in value

madre xacao or madre de cacao

Verdite is a light to dark-green metamorphic rock

Green Grass Jasper is an opaque blue-green to yellow-green with black inclusions forming marbled patterns in the stone

Wampum Shell 12x15mm Carved Shell Bead - 15-16 Inch Hydrogrossular with darker shades being higherWampum is made from one of the hardest and most beautiful shells in the world: the Northern Quahog, a clam found along the New England coast. The white and purple layers of the shell create beautiful patterns. Only a small percentage of Wampum shells have deep layers of purple and are thick enough to make beads.