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Item no.:

G1368

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

10mm x 12mm flowers with three "petals" and grooves on the side.

Colors/description:

Opaque olive green.

Defects:

There is always some roughness in the center of large flower beads.  However, the roughness in the center of these beads appears to be caused by fissures in the glass that must have occurred as the beads cooled.  Even so, to the naked eye the beads appear to be in good shape, and so far I haven't found any which have actually broken.  The worst defect that is visible to my eyes is that some beads have chips on the rim of the flower (but even those beads may be usable).  I have reduced the price considerably, from $3.00 to $2.25.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

I like large flowers, and opaque olive is a popular color, so I decided to get these.  I bought them by weight instead of my the mass, so they are a little cheaper than usual – in addition to which, I reduced the price a bit due to defects.  About the picture:  The picture that I got from my camera appeared to yellow.  In other words, the olive green came out to yellow, so I made a minor adjustment to make it more green.  However, since color reproduction on computers is not perfect, I don't know what you'll see on your monitor.  Also, the picture is a little dark.