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Item no.:

F285

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

4mm round, faceted

Colors/description:

a clear bead with a bright synthetic red coating, similar to Siam ruby red

Defects:

I haven't noticed any defects, although fire-polished beads always have some imperfect facets.  These are synthetically coated beads; the coating material is something new and feels like glass.  I don't know how durable it will be.

Comments:

Very bright colors such as this are hard to achieve in the usual way (by coloring glass with minerals), and thus the synthetic coatings.  The color in the supplier's picture is accurate.  'Salmonberry' is the name the supplier uses, so I picked up on that.