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Cost per bead:

7.6 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

3mm x 6mm faceted rondels

Colors/description:

Glass beads with a silver-colored coating; I believe the coating is metallic but I don't know if it is actually silver.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

These beads appear to be in good shape, but please note that fire-polished beads always have some imperfect facets.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

In certain kinds of light, these beads are lighter, brighter and more sparkly than they appear in the picture.  They tend to look like chrome in the picture, but that isn't accurate.  Unfortunately, the supplier raised its price, so I had to raise mine by 20¢ in April, 2008.