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Cost per bead:

12 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

8mm (long) pyramid-shaped beads (about 8mm wide at the base) with the hole running through the center.

Colors/description:

Swirls of clear, translucent and white glass.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

The supplier charges a premium price for beads with more than one color, which is why these are so expensive.  Note:  For a very long time I had these beads marked as 10mm. The supplier said they were 10mm, and I accepted that number without measuring them myself. It turns out that the supplier was measuring the base of the beads corner to corner (a dishonest way of measuring them).