Queen Conch Shell 9x16mm Pink Rice Bead - 15-16The queen conch (scientific name: Eustrombus gigas), also known as the big phoenix snail or the pink phoenix snail, is a large and edible conch. They are one of the largest molluscs, native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Bermuda to Brazil.

reddish to browns

Azurite in crystal form is extremely rare and expensive

Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red

Red Tiger Eye

and madero negro

most crystals are translucent

Specially formed jaws hold a Pinch Bail steadily in place while giving space for closing

soft and fragile

and forms around pieces of sand or other irritations within such a mollusc’s shell to create pearls

yellow or green

This item is treated and dyed agate

Opals are hydrated amorphous forms of silica