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Item no.:

G1297

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

10mm coin-shaped with polished sides or "windows".

Colors/description:

Translucent dark aqua with a dark brown picasso coating around the edges.  The coating is less blotchy than most other picasso coatings I have seen.

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, very shallow scratches that are hard to see, or small spots of picasso coating on the windows as defects.  If the beads are translucent, as these are, I don't eliminate beads with rough or frosty-looking holes running through them.  Some beads may have gotten picasso coating inside the holes, and I don't count those as defective; those beads will appear to have very dark holes running through them.  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:

(1) I had to alter the picture because it came out looking blue instead of dark aqua.  Even after I altered it, the color still looks a little off.  The beads look dark aqua to me and not capri blue, as the picture shows.  It's possible, of course, that these are "chameleon" beads which change color depending on the light source.  (2) The picasso coating around the edges came out looking almost black in the photo, but it is not that dark; it is a dark brown.