Black Stripe Agate Bracelet Black Obsidian Iridescent nacre interior (the same

Iridescent nacre interior (the same mineral-protein composite that forms pearls)

matte to softly metallic

Austa Suganda - the transliterated Sanskrit aṣṭa sugandha

the chalcedony the ancient world carved into seals and cameos

given its two oldest companions from the Americas

Black Stripe Agate Bracelet Black Obsidian Iridescent nacre interior (the sameStriped agate deep black banded with fine grey white lines, the chalcedony whose layers record the order in which it filled its hollow. A different banding on every bead. From India, strung on elastic cord. Agate fills a cavity in volcanic rock layer by layer, each band of silica laid on the one before; black striped agate reads as deep black crossed by fine parallel grey and white. The sequence maps the cavitys filling, unique to every bead. It is