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Item no.:

G1236

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

8mm long, rounded bicones (if you put two pyramids together at their bases, that's a bicone)

Colors/description:

Opaque dark brown with subtle swirls in the glass, and a matte finish.

Defects:

The picture revealed a little roughness along some of the edges of the bicones, but it is hard to see anything wrong with the naked eye.  Also, the acid that they use to make the beads matte may have slightly changes the shape of some of the beads, making them more rounded.  I lowered the price somewhat.  The beads are not as dark as the picture indicates.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

I didn't intend to buy these beads.  I went to the supplier's site and ordered more of what I thought were the non-matte version of these beads, but I got the matte version instead.