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Item no.:

G1147

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm or 7mm barrel-shaped beads with dimples on the sides (see comments below)

Colors/description:

Glass beads with a synthetic pearl coating which is the lightest blue I have ever seen.

Defects:

The coating on Czech pearls is fairly thin, and I don't know how durable it will be.  Also, inevitably a few pearls will be missing their coating around one of the holes (a common defect with Czech coated beads).  A few pearls may also have some anomalies in the coating, such as bumps, indentations or a bit of dirt.  I have written a special page about glass pearls and other coated beads; please click here to read it.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

(1) As I post these beads, I can't find my calipers, but these beads look larger than 6mm to me – I estimate 7mm.  (2) The blue color of these beads is so light that I can hardly see it.  It is most apparent when the beads are put on a sheet of white paper.  (3) Under yellowish artificial light (such as the "warm" incandescent and fluorescent lighting that most people use), the beads can look greenish.