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Cost per bead:

9.2 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

9mm tulip-shaped beads with the hole through the long direction.  The beads are 7mm wide and 5mm thick, so they aren't really that flat.

Colors/description:

Loose swirls of translucent olive green and opaque cream white.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

I have seen this color combination before, but usually the colors are mixed more thoroughly so that a striped pattern emerges.  I guess it could be said, then, that these beads are less subtle, but I still like them.  There is something very bold about them.