Rosary in Green Agate with Silver Cross
Our Rosary prayer bead necklaces are a rock and roll fashion statement. Choose between our hand carved wooden cross or stylish handmade silver cross. To the base of the cross the length is 44cm.
Rosary beads can be traced to the earliest records of counting prayers among religions of Western culture to the 11th and 12th centuries; they are traditionally used as prayer and meditation aid and worn around the neck or wrist. For extra protection and a positive energiser, place it around the rearview mirror in the car!
Agate derives its name from a river in Sicily, which the Greeks called Achates. Vast quantities of agate were discovered in this river as early as 300 B.C. During the reign of Julius Caesar, while engaged in the Gallic Wars, deposits of agate were discovered along the Nahe River in Germany.