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Cost per bead:

5.8 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm beads with cone-shaped ends and a thick ridge around the middle, with a seam in the middle of the ridge.

Colors/description:

Jet black with a copper-colored coating sprayed on part of each bead.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape, although I'm not quite sure what these beads should look like.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

The supplier's picture of these beads intrigued me, so I got them.  They look like they are somewhat crudely made.  Their shape suggests the shape of Saturn, not Jupiter.  I think the supplier calls them 'Jupiter' beads because the blotch of copper on each bead seems to mimic the red stripes on Jupiter.