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Item no.:

G1149

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

4mm x 9mm rice-shaped with the hole through the short dimension

Colors/description:

opaque aqua or bluish turquoise

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

This is a shape I haven't gotten before.  Grains of rice are not narrow in the center, as these beads are, but the narrowness causes them to lie diagonally against each other.