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Cost per bead:

40 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

10.5mm squares with polished sides, about 5mm thick.

Colors/description:

Opaque bright blue beads with a dark olive-green picasso coating.  The picasso coating on these beads is less even than most, so many beads have large areas of blue while others have wide areas of green.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape.

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.  If you receive any beads with serious defects, that means that I overlooked them, and you should contact me for a pro-rated refund.  Important:  Not all of the "windows" of these beads are perfectly smooth, especially beads that have a lot of green on them.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

The blue of these beads is very intense, and the green is very dark; it is an interesting combination.