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Beads per lot:

115 to 120 beads

Cost per bead:

3.2 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

4mm cube-shaped.  They are 4mm from corner to corner, but only about 3.5mm from hole to hole.

Colors/description:

Glass beads (probably opaque white) with a gold-colored synthetic pearl coating.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

The coating on Czech pearls is fairly thin, and I don't know how durable it is.  Inevitably a few pearls will be missing some coating around one of the holes, but those beads are often still usable.  Sometimes there are sharp little "tags" of coating sticking out around some of the holes; the best way to remove them is with cuticle nippers.  A few pearls may also have some anomalies in the coating, such as small lumps or indentations.

Important:  In April, 2010, a customer told me that the coating came off of these beads in just two weeks.  She had made them into a bracelet.  I have always known that Czech glass pearls have a thin coating, but I believed that it would last at least a few years.  This is the first time I've heard that the coating may not be as durable as I thought.  Beads get a lot of punishment in bracelets, so perhaps you should limit Czech pearls to necklaces.

How photographed:

In a light tent which I no longer use, with studio lights.

Comments:

The beads come strung on strands of 120 beads, although some strands may be missing a bead or two.  The actual beads are a little lighter than the picture indicates.