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Cost per bead:

G1756

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

12mm (long) x 8mm (wide) x 4mm (thick) flat rectangles with hand-polished sides or "windows".  The hole runs through the length.

Colors/description:

Translucent light sapphire with loose stripes of black amethyst (purple that is almost black) running through the beads.  Some beads have almost no stripes, and some are mostly black.  The beads have a yellowish-brown mottled ("picasso") coating on the edges.

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 light sapphire blue that you see in the picture isn't quite right.  When I look at the beads at night, the blue portion is both lighter and a slightly different shade of blue (more neutral or towards the purple spectrum).  I tried adjusting the color in my photo-editing program, but I wasn't successful.