ANCIENT STONE BEAD-PUMTEK PYU TYPE- HIGH CONTRAST-KEATS

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12 MM HIGH CONTRAST AUTHENTIC PUMTEK PYU TYPE FROM THE DR. KEATS COLLECTION. NICE AGATIZED /OPALIZED STONE MATRIX MATERIAL HAS ALLOWED DEEP PENETRATION INTO THE BEAD BODY. THE NATURAL STONE COLOR IS THE IDEAL RED-BROWN SEMITRANSLUCENT IRRAWADDY RIVER RARE OPAL-AGATE SEMIPRECIOUS STONE THAT IS ACTUALLY PETRIFIED-FOSSILIZED PALWOOD FROM PREHISTORY TREES THAT GREW 65 MILLION YEARS AGO. THE HIGH CONTRAST LINES SHOW HINTS OF VASCULARITY FROM THE TRANSPORATION SYSTEM THE TREES USE TO CIRCULATE THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC FOOD AND THE MOISTURE DRAWN UP BY THE ROOTS [ XYLEUM AND PHOLEUM - FOR ALL YOU BOTANISTS ]. SO WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS THE ACTUAL PETRIFIED-FOSSILIZED PREHISTORIC CIRCULATION STRUCTURES OF PALM TREES! THE STATE MINERAL OF TEXAS IS ALSO THIS SAME TYPE OF STONE [ PETRIFIED PALMWOOD ] THIS BEAD OFFERS EXCELLANT PATINA AND A VERY WELL EXECUTED PATTERN. THIS BEAD WAS OBTAINED FROM THE EBBINGHOUSE COLLECTION IN 1994. SEE HOW THE BROWN COLOR PERMEATES INTO THE BEAD STONE MATRIX INSTEAD OF JUST LOOKING LIKE THERE IS DARK BROWN OR BLACK PAINT PLACED OVER LIGHT COLORED STONE? ALSO NOTICE HOW THE IVORY COLORED LINES ARE NOT PART OF THE LIGHT COLORED STONE, THEY ARE ETCHED AND HAVE CHEMICALLY REACTED WITH THE STONE BEAD MATRIX TO BECOME FIXED INTO THE STONE. THIS IS THE SECRET OF THESE PUMTEK PYU BEADS. THE COLORATION IS NOT JUST ON THE OUTSIDE read more

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