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Roughly 520 kilograms of glass beads are used per mile during remarking of a five lane highway system, [4] and road remarking can occur every two to five years. [4] In the United States, the massive demand for glass beads has led to importing from countries using outdated manufacturing regulations and techniques.
Lampworking-closeup Lampwork glass beads. Glass bead making has long traditions, with the oldest known beads dating over 3,000 years. [1] [2] Glass beads have been dated back to at least Roman times. Perhaps the earliest glass-like beads were Egyptian faience beads, a form of clay bead with a self-forming vitreous coating. Glass beads are ...
In addition, glass bead fragments of varying sizes, which have traditionally been used for the manufacture as well as for the decoration of specific types of beads, can now be found in interesting new combinations, and during the past few years in particular, bead makers have taken this tradition yet another step forward by using entire, i.e ...
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A selection of glass beads Merovingian bead Trade beads, 18th century Trade beads, 18th century. 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 stringing.
Indo-Pacific beads are a type of mainly tube drawn glass beads which originated in the Indian subcontinent but are manufactured widely in Southeast Asia.These are usually 6mm in diameter, undecorated and come in various colours for example green, yellow, black, opaque red, etc.
The term Kiffa bead, named after one of the old bead making centres of Kiffa in Mauritania, was coined by United States bead collectors during the 1980s. According to Peter Francis, Jr., the making of powder glass beads in West Africa may date back a few hundred years, and to possibly 1200 CE in Mauritania.
A Carved Gold Dust Faturan Prayer Bead Strand made from North African Tribal Beads. In the bead trade, "Faturan" is thought to be a mixture of natural amber shavings with other materials, and is described as having been invented in the Middle East in the 18th or 19th century, however, there is some dispute over this within the trade.