Enticing Sky Blue Sponge Quartz Beads - 6mmPrice is per 16 inch string of these beautiful beads. Each beads is 6mm. The crystalline structure gives a marbled effect which resembles sponge hence the name "Sponge Quartz". Sponges and true corals come from different sea creatures. Sponges look like a sponge with short protrusions. Sponge coral beads are made from their skeleton. It was once believed sponge coral prevented ill fortune and can be used to prophesize. And some say coral as a

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