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Item no.:

G1363

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm round (spherical)

Colors/description:

A mixture of aqua, topaz, navy blue and possibly green (though what I may be seeing is the aqua mixing with the topaz).  Even though there may not be any green in the beads, green is the overall impression.  As is typical of Czech beads, each bead has a seam in the middle.

Defects:

I examined the beads with a magnifying glass, and it appears that about 10% are cracked, so I reduced the price by 10%.  Please note that I didn't make an exhaustive count of a large sample of beads to arrive at that percentage; it is just a rough guess.  Please see comments below.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

Despite the fact that some beads are cracked (see Defects above), they may all be usable.  None of the beads have split apart, so the cracks are not causing them to break.  Furthermore, the combination of colors is so complex that the cracks aren't very noticeable.  In fact, some of the seams between the colors look like cracks.