Tibetan dZi and other Himalayan Beads

This is a beautiful translucent ancient agate bead. This picture allows us to see how the perforation was made. We can see that the bead was drilled at both ends and that these lines eventually meet to form a complete perforation.

The link below will take you to an interesting article that gives further information on ancient drilling methods.

http://www.lapidaryjournal.com/feature/299str.cfm