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Cost per bead:

40 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

10mm squares, 4.5mm thick, with polished sides or "windows".

Colors/description:

Opalescent light lavender with a dark brown picasso coating around the edges.  The glass can vary from mostly translucent to mostly opaque.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

I eliminate seriously defective beads before shipping.  I can't eliminate every bead which has a slight defect, so I use my judgement as to which defects are so serious that the bead can't be used.  Certainly, cracks, deep or long scratches, large pits, partially polished sides, large spots of picasso coating on the sides, and malformations are all enough for me to eliminate a bead.  But I may not eliminate a bead if it has very shallow scratches, small pits, or very small spots of picasso coating on the sides, or other small anomalies that don't ruin the overall appearance.  Translucent beads which have gotten picasso coating in the holes, so that the holes are dark, are not eliminated.  If you receive any beads with serious defects, that means that I overlooked them, and you should contact me for a pro-rated refund.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

The color of these beads is very delicate.  Many of them are translucent enough that you can see the holes.  If picasso coating got in the holes, turning them brown, I don't eliminate those beads.