Moroccan Amazonite Bead, Deep Blue/Green Color, 10x23mm

AFE-634

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  • Vintage, or older,  Amazonite bead from Morocco, baroque shape 10x23mm
  • More saturated deep blue/green color than most north African Amazonite, this bead was part of a set of 3 bought in Essaouira, Morocco this year.
  • Amazonite has been treasured since ancient times in Mauritania and Morocco
  • It has been found at a Mauritanian site, Dhar Tichitt,  that dates to as early as 
  • 2500 BC
  • It's quite rare in Morocco these days and sold by the gram at prices higher than silver and even some coral.  These beads are vintage, possibly antique, but not ancient because the perforations have clearly been made by metal drills
  • One of 3 I'm selling loose, until or unless I break the strand AFO-187