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Cost per bead:

5.9 cents

Bead material:

Glass with a synthetic coating.

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm round (spherical).

Colors/description:

Opaque turquoise with swirls of black.  One hole is usually surrounded by black, and the black color swirls up into the turquoise.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

I haven't noticed any defects.  However, I don't know how durable the synthetic coating is.

How photographed:

At the window in natural light.

Comments:

These are unusual beads.  They look like they are painted with swirls of black.  Curiously, one end of each bead (around the hole) is black, which is where the swirls of black come from.  I sell them in lots of 75 because they come strung that way.