Red Banded Agate Rice Bracelet — rendered visualisation, studio photography pending

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Jewellery · Chalcedony deposits, Brazil

Red Banded Agate Rice Bracelet

Graduated Arc · Red Banded Agate

4.3 · 23 reviews

CAD 345.00$

Small elongated beads strung on their length, so the strand reads as woven rather than strung. Red banded agate is chalcedony with its iron oxide laid down in layers, so the bands are the structure of the stone rather than a pattern on it.

Choose a size From CAD 345.00$ to CAD 710.00$

✓ Free shipping over CAD 79.00$ ✓ Dispatched within 48 hours ✓ Strung to order, boxed

Origin: Chalcedony deposits, Brazil
Cultivar: Red Banded Agate
Harvest: Strung by hand in 2024
SKU: CY-JW-011

Red banded agate is chalcedony with its iron oxide laid down in layers, so the bands are the structure of the stone rather than a pattern on it. Cutting beads across the banding gives the concentric rings; cutting along it gives the flat stripes. A single strand is usually cut one way for consistency.

Small, elongated beads, named for the shape, strung on their length so they line up in fine parallel rows. Rice beads need more of them and more drilling per centimetre than any other shape, which is the work you are paying for; the effect is a strand that looks woven rather than strung.

Beads increase steadily in size from the clasp to the centre and back down the other side, so the strand has a definite middle and a definite weight. Grading a strand this way means sorting every bead by diameter first, and the beads at the centre of the arc are the ones that set the price.

Sizing: the strand is strung on a doubled elastic core with a knotted finish, and it is made in three lengths — a snug 16 cm, the standard 18 cm, and a loose 20 cm. Beads are graded by hand before stringing, so the strand you receive is matched for size and tone from the first bead to the last. Every bracelet is strung to order in small numbers; if you would like the exact strand photographed before it ships, ask and we will send you the picture.

Care: Hard and stable, and one of the few stones here that will take an ultrasonic cleaner. Water and a cloth are simpler.

Care: Hard and stable, and one of the few stones here that will take an ultrasonic cleaner. Water and a cloth are simpler.

We will photograph the piece in stock, with its weight and measurements, before you buy — write to us with the SKU.

We dispatch within 48 hours of your order, from our warehouse in China, with tracking on every parcel.

We do not quote a delivery date. Once a parcel leaves us it is carried by an international courier and cleared by customs in your country, and a date we cannot control is a date we will not promise. The tracking number, which you get when the label is created, shows every scan to your door.

Shipping is complimentary on orders over CAD 79.00$; below that a flat CAD 9.50$ applies. HST (13%) is calculated at checkout. Duties and import taxes are the recipient's responsibility.

Unopened tins can be returned within 30 days for a full refund. If a tea is not to your taste, tell us — we would rather send you something you like than keep the money.

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