Danny, These are all incredible & thanks for showing them to us. The melon bead just mesmorizes me with it's colors & subtle shading, & the Bactrian necklace is amazing & has me (almost) speechless (a rare thing :)
One question...the 1st image of the long bead that you mentioned was white when you purchased, are the colors coming through just from you holding/rubbing it? You mentioned "skin oil" so I was wondering if that's all it took.
Again, thanks for your post & so happy to hear you & Suzi had such a fruitful trip! Lynne