Putmek Round Bead Necklace June's birthstone The beads were carried into

The beads were carried into Mali via early Dutch Traders and were sometimes also referred to as Dutch East India Company Trade Beads

Diffraction can cause flashes of any color of the rainbow (opalescent)

It is also the birth stone for the Zodiac sign of Leo

Bead size range from 6mm x 8mm to 19mm x 19mm

While blue is the classic sapphire color

Putmek Round Bead Necklace June's birthstone The beads were carried intoPutmek Round Bead Necklace Pumtek, or "buried thunderbolt", beads have been highly prized trade objects and amulets for thousands of years in Burma, from the ancient Pyu people to Chin tribesmen in contemporary times. The oldest are opalized palmwood, lending a specific sheen and grain; newer ones (post 1930s) may be made of different varieties of petrified wood. The Chin believe that material only occurs when lightning strikes an agatized wood