≪Product Details≫
・10 grains per row ・1 grain size・・・13.5-14×11.5-12.5×6mm
・Hole size・・・Estimated around 0.5mm
- Colors : blue, white. opaque stone.
・There are almost no internal scratches and chipping on the tip.
・Mineral name: Sodalite
・Gem name: Sodalite
≪Product description≫
Sodalite sugar loaf beads with indigo blue and white marble pattern . It is a shape that can be seen in loose (naked stones for jewelry), but I think beads are rare.
It is a sugar loaf bead with a pear-shaped cabochon cut and a 2/3 ridgeline from the top. The back is flat. Beautiful beads with uniform shape.
A sugar loaf cut is a cut that imitates the shape of sugar, and until the late 19th century when granulated sugar and sugar cubes appeared, refined sugar was manufactured and sold in a form called sugar loaf. It is made by refining abundant raw sugar imported from sugar-producing regions such as the Caribbean Sea and Brazil into white sugar. It seems that
Currently, not only cone-shaped cabochons, but also square and pear-shaped cabochons with clear tops and ridges are called sugar loaf. (It is sometimes grouped with the cushion cut.)
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