Golden black Gold Sheen Obsidian Oval Beads for Jewelry Making.
This is for two oval beads of GOLDEN SHEEN OBSIDIAN!! These beads are wonderful for adding golden magic and dark mystery to your custom pieces perfect for earrings or a pendant!! These are the most beautiful sheen obsidian beads I have had the pleasure of seeing! These beads of magnificent GOLDEN SHEEN OBSIDIAN are alive with sparkling schiller.
Obsidian gets its English name from a mistranslation of Natural History by Pliny the Elder (the guy who died at Pompeii):
"Among the various kinds of glass, we may also reckon Obsian glass, a substance very similar to the stone which Obsius [mistranslated as Obsidius] discovered in Æthiopia. This stone is of a very dark color, and sometimes transparent ... Many persons use it for jewelery, and I myself have seen solid statues in this material of the late Emperor Augustus .... Xenocrates says that Obsian stone is found in India also, and in Samnium in Italy; and that it is a natural product of Spain, upon the coasts which border on the Ocean."
Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed in swiftly cooling lava that has a high silica content. It is not considered a true mineral, as it does not have an entirely consistent chemical content and it does not form crystals.
Color in obsidian varies, depending on impurities in the parent lava formation. Golden sheen obsidian is formed when patterns of gas bubbles are aligned along layers created by the flowing lava before it solidified.
Quantity: 2 Bead(s)
Material Type: Gold Sheen Obsidian
Size: 25x17x7mm
Hole Size: 0.6mm
Color: Golden black
Legend: Gold Sheen Obsidian is a stone of magic, known in ancient times as the Wizard's Stone.
Origin: South America
NOTE: Your bead will be selected from those imaged.
NOTE: Images do not reflect number and size. Please see detail and table for information.
This is for two oval beads of GOLDEN SHEEN OBSIDIAN!! These beads are wonderful for adding golden magic and dark mystery to your custom pieces perfect for earrings or a pendant!! These are the most beautiful sheen obsidian beads I have had the pleasure of seeing! These beads of magnificent GOLDEN SHEEN OBSIDIAN are alive with sparkling schiller.
Obsidian gets its English name from a mistranslation of Natural History by Pliny the Elder (the guy who died at Pompeii):
"Among the various kinds of glass, we may also reckon Obsian glass, a substance very similar to the stone which Obsius [mistranslated as Obsidius] discovered in Æthiopia. This stone is of a very dark color, and sometimes transparent ... Many persons use it for jewelery, and I myself have seen solid statues in this material of the late Emperor Augustus .... Xenocrates says that Obsian stone is found in India also, and in Samnium in Italy; and that it is a natural product of Spain, upon the coasts which border on the Ocean."
Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed in swiftly cooling lava that has a high silica content. It is not considered a true mineral, as it does not have an entirely consistent chemical content and it does not form crystals.
Color in obsidian varies, depending on impurities in the parent lava formation. Golden sheen obsidian is formed when patterns of gas bubbles are aligned along layers created by the flowing lava before it solidified.
Quantity: 2 Bead(s)
Material Type: Gold Sheen Obsidian
Size: 25x17x7mm
Hole Size: 0.6mm
Color: Golden black
Legend: Gold Sheen Obsidian is a stone of magic, known in ancient times as the Wizard's Stone.
Origin: South America
NOTE: Your bead will be selected from those imaged.
NOTE: Images do not reflect number and size. Please see detail and table for information.