Royal Blue and Yellow Millefiori 14mm Barrel Beads bright orange The Egyptians said that topaz

The Egyptians said that topaz was coloured with the golden glow of the mighty sun god Ra

They make very attractive jewellery

Between 100 and 150 on the string

and creative gemstone artists get their inspiration for new cuts more often from aquamarines than from other stones

While other compositions have long since paled

Royal Blue and Yellow Millefiori 14mm Barrel Beads bright orange The Egyptians said that topazPrice is per 14. 5 inch string of these beautiful beads . Each beads measures 14mm x 9mm. About 25 beads in a string. Millefiori, translates from Italian to "thousand flowers". Traditionally, each bead was handmade under the flame, using glass rods to produce a colourful mosaic effect. They were first crafted in Venice as far back as the 15th century, but it was not until the 1920's that they were produced in quantity. First glass rods are made like