Bead
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A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood, or pearl and with a small hole for threading or str
A selection of glass beads
Merovingian bead
Trade beads, 18th century
Trade beads, 18th century
Glass
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Glass is an amorphous solid. Because it is often transparent and chemically inert, glass has found widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in window panes, tableware, and optics. Some
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…were used, and whether there was a meaning or meaning behind the beads. In modern manufacturing, the most common bead materials are wood, plastic, glass, metal, and stone. Beads are still made from many naturally occurring materials, both organic (i.e., of animal- or plant-based origin) and inorganic…
A glass building facade
A piece of volcanic obsidian glass
Moldavite, a natural glass formed by meteorite impact, from Besednice, Bohemia
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