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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 300601, member: 2844&quot;]West Africa. I am no trade bead expert, but know a little bit about them.</p><p>Those cornaline d&#039;Aleppo beads are wonderful antique beads, they are real, not replicas. Made in Venice between 1805 and early 20th century, for trade to North America and West Africa.</p><p>To people in former French West Africa they looked like the Arab red carnelian trade beads, hence the name cornaline d&#039;Aleppo, or Aleppo carnelian. They were a cheaper alternative to carnelian beads. Now the antique ones are quite valuable.</p><p><br /></p><p>The original Arab red carnelian trade beads didn&#039;t come from Aleppo, Syria, but from Yemen. They are still highly prized all over the Arab world.</p><p>It is believed the signet ring of the prophet Muhammad was set with an engraved Yemeni red carnelian, a &#039;Kabbadi Aqeeq&#039;. Which is why many Muslim men wear aqeeq rings set with big carnelians, though not always the rare Yemeni reds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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