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Item no.:

G1237

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm bicones (a bicone is two pyramids joined at the base with a hole through the center)

Colors/description:

A glass bead (probably clear) with an opaque reddish bronze coating, which is probably fired onto the bead.  I don't know if there is actually any bronze in the coating.

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape.  Some beads have some grayish metallic spots on them, but that seems to be part of the "look".

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

I don't know why I didn't get these beads sooner; they are really striking.  Shortly after I got them, they went out of stock at the supplier.