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Item no.:

G1335

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm round (spherical).

Colors/description:

Ruby red with cracks (see comments below).

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape, though please note that crackle beads do sometimes come apart.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

My camera doesn't photograph reds accurately, and I was unable to adjust the colors in my photo-editing program to make the color look right.  The beads are a rich ruby red, not the slightly orange-red that you see above.  When I tried to take the orange out, the beads started to look fuchsia, which wasn't right either.  To complicate matters, the beads look very bright in daylight and very dark in artificial light.  Also regarding the picture, I photographed the beads too close together, which makes them hard to see.  In addition, as I stated above, crackle beads do break apart sometimes.  The "crackles" in the beads are actual cracks, caused when the beads are heated and then cooled quickly.