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Style no.:

G1724

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

10mm long x 10mm wide x 5mm thick flat bell flowers.  The hole runs through the length (i.e., from the narrow to the wide end).

Colors/description:

Greenish turquoise with an uneven yellow-brown mottled "picasso" coating.  Some beads appear to have a mottled dark-red picasso coating on them in addition to the brown.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape.  However, the pictures revealed that there are fine cracks or straw lines near the wide end of the beads.  But since the cracks and/or lines are hard to see with the eyes, and since the beads aren't breaking apart as a result of the small cracks, I'm not counting them as a defect and I haven't lowered the price.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

The turquoise color looks a bit more green to my eyes than it looks in the picture.  I'm not sure how much I like the picasso coating on these beads.  It is a little streaky and uneven, filling in the indentations.