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Style no.:

G1755

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

16mm (long) x 11mm (wide) x 5mm (thick) flat ovals with the hole running through the length.

Colors/description:

Opaque satiny green and black in subtle stripes.  The inner bead is black, and the green is mixed into the black to form the stripes.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

The original large pictures from the camera seem to reveal that many beads have small fissures in the glass, but I can't see any fissures with my eyes.  Consequently, I've concluded that what appears to be fissures are actually light reflections, or possibly dust.  A high percentage of these beads are defective, but I am inspecting them individually and throwing away the beads with the worst defects.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

This color is sometimes called "malachite" by the Czech manufacturers.  I love the "tiger" colors.