Gemstone Beading Material.

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Bead Making Materials -- Stone

Beads are made from many different Gemstone materials. There were almost no stone beads during the Stone Ages. People could not work hard stones and had to use softer materials. It was not until about 5,000 B.C. that hard stones such as carnelian, agate and lapis lazuli first made into beads.

Sometimes there can be confusion over the names of the stones used to make beads, or you just may be a little curious about some of the gemstone materials used. I have created this short guide to help you.

The Big Three now - Four Now This is what most people think about when they thin gemstones.

Diamond Yes, Diamonds can and are used as beads.
Ruby For thousands of years Ruby has been considered on of the most valuable gemstones of our Earth.
Sapphire Sapphire is often considered to be synonynous with the color blue: you can easily picture sapphire seas. However, sapphire is beautiful beyond blue, in every color but red, because red is called ruby.
Emerald Top qualities fine Emerald are even more valuable than diamonds.
Tanzanite Tanzanite surpassed Emeralds in sales in 2002.