Crystal beads 4-6mm in diameter For larger-sized shells for decoration, you should use a larger diameter wire to ensure the rigidity of the product.

Spiro's treasures include engraved conch shells from the Florida Keys, copper breastplates from the Great Lakes and beads from the Gulf of California.

For example, Respiro, a necklace inspired by the 2002 Emanuele Crialese-directed film of the same name, combined miniature conch shells, blue glass hearts, tiny glass beads strung into bows ...

Listen to haunting notes from an 18,000-year-old conch shell trumpet Archaeologists in 1931 assumed the shell was only a broken drinking cup.

DNA recovered from the interior of a conch shell thought to have been used as a weapon in the 2001 killing of a Massachusetts woman has led to the indictment on a murder charge of the victim's ...

WASHINGTON — A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now thought to be the oldest known seashell instrument — and it still works, producing a deep, plaintive bleat, like a ...

Queen conch pearls are measured in carats like traditional gemstones. The size of the cultured pearls produced by Acosta-Salmón and Davis is controlled by the size of the bead and the culture time.

Conch piercings are typically more painful, because they're done through tougher tissue. Here's what else you should know before considering a conch piercing.

FWC Lt. Josh Peters responded and said he watched with binoculars Arroyo Mondragon and her family taking the conch from the water, and later told her a witness said she was placing the shells ...

Contestants tooted their own horns in Key West Saturday during the 56th annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest, but only one was rewarded with a marriage proposal.

Ancient shell horn can still play a tune after 18,000 years The horn produced clear C, C sharp and D notes. Two views of a 12-inch conch shell instrument released recently.