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Item no.:

F207

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

8mm round, faceted

Colors/description:

medium sapphire blue (see comments below)

Defects:

I haven't seen any defects, but please note that fire-polished beads always have some imperfect facets.

Comments:

(1) The beads have a tendency to change color depending on the kind of light.  The picture above was taken in daylight.  At night, under my artificial lamp, the blue looks much darker and less saturated.  In fact, I take pictures during the day and fix them up at night, and I originally went to great lengths to adjust the picture to what I was seeing at night under my desk lamp – and then, the next day, the beads looked completely different in the sunlight!  (2) The term "medium" (as in "medium sapphire blue") means that the beads are a lighter shade than "sapphire", but still much darker than "light sapphire", which is a light blue.