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Item no.:

G1290

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

12mm flat rectangles with hand-polished "windows"

Colors/description:

Translucent dark blue with a black (or possibly dark brown) picasso coating around the edges.

Defects:

I eliminate seriously defective beads before shipping.  I eliminate beads with cracks, scratches, partially polished windows, large pits, large spots of picasso coating on the windows, and large bubbles in the glass.  However, I don't count very small pits, small nicks, or small spots of picasso coating on the windows as defects.  In the case of translucent beads, like these, I don't eliminate beads with rough or frosty-looking holes running through the beads.  Also, some beads may have gotten picasso coating inside the holes; those beads will appear to have very dark holes running through them; such beads are not eliminated as defective.  If you receive any beads with serious defects, that means that I overlooked them and you should contact me for a partial refund.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

Up until now I carried mostly opaque colors in these polished beads, but I have decided to stock more translucent colors.  Unfortunately, many of these beads have little fissures, so I won't be restocking them (but as I said above, those beads will be removed before shipping).