A beautiful natural banded agate Guru Bead featuring the traditional three-hole construction used in Tibetan Buddhist malas and prayer necklaces.
This piece has a soft gray and smoky translucent body with elegant white and blue-gray banding near the upper section. The natural layered pattern forms a curved, almost circular design around the top, giving the bead a very distinctive appearance from different angles.
The lower portion gradually deepens into a darker smoky gray tone, creating a subtle natural gradient. The combination of pale gray, white, blue-gray, and smoky brown gives this bead a calm and refined look that pairs well with many different types of mala beads.
The surface has been smoothly polished, allowing the natural translucency and internal banding of the agate to remain clearly visible. One side features the transverse hole used for the two strands of a mala, while the internal drilling connects downward to form the traditional three-way Guru Bead construction.
This bead can be used as the main finishing bead for a 108-bead mala, meditation necklace, prayer strand, or custom jewelry project. It is also suitable for replacing an existing Guru Bead when restringing or restoring an older mala.
The neutral color palette works especially well with bodhi seed, wood, yak bone, dzi agate, crystal, onyx, turquoise-color beads, or other natural stones.
Because this is natural agate, subtle differences in color, translucency, internal patterns, and banding are part of the stone’s natural character. You will receive the exact piece shown in the photos.
Details:
* Material: Natural agate * Type: Guru Bead / Three-hole bead / T-shaped mala bead * Pattern: Natural banded agate * Colors: Gray, blue-gray, white, smoky brown * Finish: Smooth polished surface * Construction: Traditional three-way drilling * Quantity: 1 Guru Bead * Suitable for mala making, restringing, prayer beads, meditation jewelry, or collecting * You will receive the exact piece pictured
