Wampum Shell 20mm Cross Bead - 15-16 Inch Shape_Flower Unlike digital or electric calipers

Unlike digital or electric calipers

It's like they were meant for each other

The mines these stones are sourced from are primarily copper mines

Because it doesn't harden the stone

the fossilized resin of prehistoric pine trees

Wampum Shell 20mm Cross Bead - 15-16 Inch Shape_Flower Unlike digital or electric calipersWampum 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.