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Beads per lot:

50

Cost per bead:

5.8 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm bicone-shaped.  Bicones are shaped like two pyramids joined at their bases.

Colors/description:

Opaque red, black and white with a black seam in the middle of each bead, and a matte finish.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

The acid that they used to turn the surface matte may have left some small pits on a small percentage of the beads.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

These beads are the same as the shiny 'red jasper' bicone beads that I carry, but they have a matte finish.  I like these beads with the matte finish, but please note that in dark light, they have a slightly grayish hue.