Bauxite is a type of aluminium ore. All African bauxite beads are hand made and drilled, making these beads very labor demanding. Bauxite beads like these have been imported from Africa for decades. What attracts most buyers to them is their beautiful natural color.
The size of the beads vary from strand to strand. This is a real authentic strand at an affordable price!
These are wonderful beads, substantial and quite heavy, lovely mixture of reddish brown earth tones, striking in various combinations with other stones or with metals.