Carnelian
Career
$4.13
per 6mm bead
For the first ten minutes of the thing you have been avoiding.
Carnelian was the favoured stone for Roman signet rings because hot wax would not stick to it — a practical property that became a symbolic one. Tradition reads it as initiative: the push into the task rather than the reward at the end.
- Origin
- India
- Hardness
- 7 Mohs
- Bead size
- 6 mm
- Finish
- Polished
7 Mohs and forgiving. Soap and water fine. Long sun exposure can shift the orange toward brown, which some people prefer and some do not.
Read the full Carnelian entry →Wrist size
A single-stone bracelet: this stone plus the $12.00 hand-strung base. Add more in the Studio.
$33.87 more earns free US shipping and a flannel pouch — keep adding stones in the Studio. Below that, shipping is calculated at checkout.
