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Style no.:

G1446

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

China

Size/shape:

18mm leaf-shaped beads with embossed veins; they could also be called heart-shaped.  The beads are a bit more than 6mm thick.

Colors/description:

Clear beads with a metallic luster coating.  The coating is alternately bronze, blue and purple.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

At first I thought the beads were perfect, but then I noticed that there are some small imperfections around the edges.  In my estimation, the edge defects are fairly minor and I haven't lowered the price.  If you disagree, let me know and I'll give you a refund.  Except for the minor edge defects, the beads are astonishingly perfect.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

These beads are truly magnificent.  I was very surprised to find such nice beads being made in China.  The price of the beads was very high, but I think it's worth it for such good, large beads.  Here is a picture from the supplier:

About the price:  These beads were originally selling for less than I am now charging.  When I first started buying high-priced beads, I was uncomfortable charging such high prices so I applied very small mark-ups to them and didn't make much money from them.  However, once I started carrying high-priced premium beads, I realized that it made no sense for me to not take my normal mark-up.  Since the mark-up on these excellent beads had been unreasonably low, I applied my normal mark-up and raised the price.