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Item no.:

G1112

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm round (spherical)

Colors/description:

white beads with a synthetic coating of light blue or lilac (see below) with swirls of black running through the blue; many beads look mostly gray

Defects:

I don't know how durable the coating will be.  A few beads may be missing their coating around one hole or the other; this defect is common with coated beads.  I have written a special page about glass pearls and other coated beads; please click here to read it.

How photographed:

In the light tent with studio lights.

Comments:

About the color:  The supplier calls these "lilac marble" beads, but they look more blue than lilac to me.  The dominant color is actually gray.  Each bead has a "pool" of black around one of the holes, from which the grayish swirls come.  I don't know why the beads are made this way.  About the photograph:  The beads were photographed in the light tent, which always makes beads look dull.  These beads actually have a shiny coating.