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Lac, sometimes misspelled as lakh, is the hardened resin, secreted by the tiny lac insect belonging to a bug family. The widely known Indian lac insect (small in size, need a magnifying glass to see it) is Kerria lac Kerr. Lac insects settle closely on the twigs of certain host trees, suck the plant sap and grow, all the while secreting lac resin from their bodies. Lac is natural resin which is hard, tough and brittle but softens with slow heating. For more information go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac
Lac beads are handmade traditional Indian beads which are embellished with faceted glass chips, rhinestones, seed beads, small brass/metal components and other various accessories. Each individual bead is work of an art!