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Cost per bead:

11.2 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

8mm round, faceted.

Colors/description:

Clear beads with various colors sprayed on them.  Even with a magnifying glass, it is hard to tell what the colors are.  I see blue and bronze, but I also see fuchsia and possibly amethyst.  The supplier calls them "amethyst/blue", but I see more fuchsia than amethyst.

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.  As for the coatings, I don't know if they are heat-sealed (fire-polished) to the beads or not, but I don't see any evidence that they are coming off.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

The mixture of colors in these beads is complex.  The price for them was fairly high – a few years ago, they would have cost 30% less.  That's undoubtedly due to the weak dollar.  To keep the price down, I gave them less than my usual markup.