Picture credit – Kathleen McCabe-Elsey
Posted by – Kathleen McCabe-Elsey
A strand of agate beads, made in Idar Oberstein, Germany.
An enormous trade in agate-working is carried on in a small district in Germany, around Oberstein or the Nahe (Brazilian Agate). Then traded to the Africans. circa 1800’s.
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Tags: agate, agates, german agate production, Germany, idar oberstein