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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 714883, member: 2844&quot;]The green stones are jade. Could be European jade.</p><p><br /></p><p>The weird nut things are mala beads, as Bronwen said. More specifically Rudraksha beads, used for Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist mala or prayer bead strings.</p><p>Rudraksha means the tears of Rudra, a Vedic (pre-Hindu) deity. In Hinduism Rudra morphed with Shiva, so Rudraksha beads are used a lot by followers of Shiva, Saivites.</p><p>The number of segments varies between 1 and 21, although one with 27 has been found. The number is significant to believers. </p><p>Here is more info on the symbolism:</p><p><a href="https://www.aumrudraksha.com/blogs/aumrudraksha/understand-more-about-rudraksha-the-different-mukhi-and-their-meaning" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.aumrudraksha.com/blogs/aumrudraksha/understand-more-about-rudraksha-the-different-mukhi-and-their-meaning" rel="nofollow">https://www.aumrudraksha.com/blogs/aumrudraksha/understand-more-about-rudraksha-the-different-mukhi-and-their-meaning</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Most rudrakshas grow in Indonesia, inside beautiful blue berries:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F5e%2F53%2F11%2F5e53114d20a0416a112b64b11b4364d9.jpg&amp;sp=bc17d9d887d772757ed5f8f07ae62ecb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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