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Cost per bead:

17.2 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

12mm (long) x 8mm (wide) x 4mm (thick) rectangles with rounded sides.  The hole runs through the 12mm dimension.

Colors/description:

Opaque navy blue beads with a printed coating of silvery AB (aurora borealis) squares on each side.  The squares are not lined up in the same direction from one bead to the next.  I don't know how durable the peacock coating is, but as I handle the beads, I see no evidence that it is flaking off.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

These beads represent my first foray into peacock beads.  In the beginning, I didn't even know what they were.  But then I realized that they are simply beads which have printed patterns on them.  Sometimes the printed patterns look a little messy.  In this case, the printed pattern is very well done.  However, there is nothing unusual about the underlying navy blue bead, which is just a plain bead.  All the appeal is in the peacock coating.