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These unusual beads are fashioned from the seed of an Amazonian palm tree (Euterpe oleracea), called açaí in Portuguese and asai in Spanish. In English, they are generally called acai. The pulp surrounding these seeds has long been processed by Amazonian native peoples to produce a beverage that has recently become famous outside the region for its health benefits. The seeds themselves have an ivory color that is easily dyed.

This lot includes 100 acai seeds, 10 each of 10 different colors. One group is composed of undyed seeds, which have an ivory color. The other colors include amethyst, asparagas green, black, brown, heliotrope (a shade of purple), hot pink, lemon, tangerine and turquoise. Because they are natural seeds, their size varies, but most are roughly spherical with diameters in the range of 9-11 mm. The holes are small, 1 mm or less in diameter.

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