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Item no.:

G657

Bead material:

glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm round (spherical)

Colors/description:

light pink (which, depending on the light, sometimes looks like peach pink) with a seam in the middle of each bead

Defects:

Occasionally, two beads will be stuck together, or a bead will have less color in the coating than other beads.

Comments:

These are synthetically coated beads.  I think they will be durable, but they may not be as durable as beads with a glass surface.  On the other hand, it is possible that the synthetic coating (which is softer than glass) won't chip as readily.  Curiously, even though these beads are coated, they have the characteristic seam in the middle of each bead.  These beads aren't really opalescent, which is why I put the word in quotes (true opalescent glass beads have the color in the glass).