Mexican 9mm Laguna Lace Agate Bead Strand

Banded beads in pebble-gray, cream and rust, strung in gentle waves.

This strand of 9mm Laguna lace agate beads is from Mexico. Laguna lace agate is a banded agate from northern Mexico, prized by bead and jewelry makers for the fine lace-like lines that run through its blue and white layers. Strand of round beads with marbled, striped surfaces in soft gray, cream and reddish brown, with one end bead showing a cream cap. A pale cord threads through, with loose ends at the sides.

Every bead tells a slightly different story, in its own stripes.