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Beads per lot:

50

Cost per bead:

8.6 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

4mm (from hole to hole) x 7mm (wide) rondels with facets around the outer edge.  A rondel is a round bead which is wider than it is long (or thick).

Colors/description:

A mixture of translucent colors with luster or gold-luster coatings.  To me they appear to be:  light blue with luster coating, light amethyst purple with luster coating, bright red with gold-luster coating, green with gold-luster coating, and possibly brown with gold-luster coating.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

I haven't noticed any significant defects.  However, fire-polished beads always have some imperfect facets.  To read about the fire-polishing process, click here.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

The gold-luster coating is not as opaque as it appears in the picture, and the underlying colors show through better than the picture indicates.  Regarding the price, I had no choice but to increase it.  The supplier has raised his price.  Also, when I bought them before I got them at 40% off; this time, I got them at only 25% off.  (At full price, I couldn't afford them at all!)