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Style no.:

G1751

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

16mm (long) x 11mm (wide) x 5mm (thick) flat ovals.

Colors/description:

This is the Czech "blue tiger" or "blue lapis" color.  It is black on the inside and blue on the outside.  The blue and black is layers to make subtle satiny stripes.  Clear glass is used when the beads are poured (probably because it is less viscous and helps to fill gaps), so portions of some beads are entirely clear.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

These are premium beads, and I am inspecting them before shipping.  If you enlarge the above photo, you'll see a couple dark beads on the right which I might eliminate (but might not, depending on my judgement at the time).  (Before taking the picture above, I had already eliminated the worst beads.)  There are also a couple beads on the left that look like they might have pits, and those would be eliminated. 

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

I used to use the "blue lapis" name to describe this color, but I decided they don't look enough like lapis.  I love these satiny "tiger" beads.