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Cost per bead:

5.6 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

5mm round, fluted.

Colors/description:

Bronze-coated beads with an additional iris luster coating (it's possible that the bronze coating and the iris coating are combined into one, but I think the beads were coated twice).  Iris coatings have a mild rainbow effect.  I do see other colors in these beads, but the overall effect is bronze.  I don't know whether the bronze coating contains actual bronze.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape.  An occasional bead may be malformed.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

The flutes on these beads are not as even and perfect as they are on the larger fluted beads.  My price is high (for 5mm beads) because the supplier's price is high.