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Small Bauxite Discs from Nigeria

Here is a 21" strand of small Red-Pink Bauxite discs from Nigeria circa 1900s. Discs average approx 6-8mm wide x 4-5mm tall (with some bigger and some smaller), with a 3mm hole. What’s "bauxite"? It is a rock, comprised of iron and aluminum, and is the primary ore of aluminum.

Trivia time: Professor Charles Martin Hall of Oberlin College developed a method to cheaply extract aluminum first from cryolite & then bauxite ore in 1886. Bead Paradise is located in Oberlin, OH.