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Item no.:

G1229

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm teardrops (6mm from end to end) with the hole at the small end

Colors/description:

Glass beads (probably clear) with a metallic coppery coating that has some colorful highlights (that's the "iris" part).

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape, although an occasional bead may be malformed.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

The beads probably do have some metal in the coating, but I don't know if it is actually copper.  I don't know if the coating is fire-polished onto the beads, but I have never known this type of coating to come off.