Wampum Shell 8mm Rondelle - 15-16 Inch Orange flat radial disks and dodecahedral

flat radial disks and dodecahedral crystals with twelve pentagonal facets

such as fuchsite and green chromiferous muscovite mica

These detailed inlay coin beads have a variety of stones such as Coral

revered by ancient civilizations as a sacred stone of protection

It was first found in a deposit near Shunga village

Wampum Shell 8mm Rondelle - 15-16 Inch Orange flat radial disks and dodecahedralWampum 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.