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Style no.:

G1212

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

12mm flat rectangles with polished "windows"

Colors/description:

Semi-translucent greenish aqua with a gray and light plum purple mottled coating around the edges.  (The picture above shows the first batch of these beads, which had a gray picasso coating.  The new batch has come plum purple color in the coating.)

Defects:

Beads with significant defects* are eliminated before shipping; but because of the expense of polished beads, beads with minor defects are not counted as defective.  Minor defects include small spots of picasso coating on the windows, small pits, and shallow, short scratches.  *Cracks, partially polished windows, large pits or scratches, and deformations.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

Important:  As stated above, the picasso coating on the new batch of these beads is slightly different.  It is gray, but has some plum purple highlights.  The beads look essentially the same.