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Resources: Bead & Beading Suppliers
There is nothing quite like running
your hands through pile upon pile
of beautiful beads. They are cool
to the touch, glitter in the light,
and run across your fingers like
a waterfall.
 A bead is
a small, decorative object that
is pierced for threading or stringing.
Beads range in size from under
a millimeter to several centimeters
in diameter.
Glass, plastic,
and stone are the most common materials,
but beads are also made from bone,
horn, ivory, metal, shell, pearl,
coral, gemstones, polymer clay,
metal clay, resin, synthetic minerals,
wood, ceramic, fiber, paper.
A pair of beads
made from Nassarius shells that
are approximately 100,000
years old are thought
to be the first known examples
of jewelry.
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