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Cost per bead:

5 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm bicones; a bicone is like two pyramids joined at the bottom, with the hole running through the middle.

Colors/description:

A mixture of clear glass, white glass and sapphire blue glass mixed together.  I sometimes call this type of bead "porphyr" beads.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

The beads seem to be in good shape.  I looked for cracks but didn't see any.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

This is the second batch of these beads I have carried.  The first batch was much more aqua, so I am posting these as a new bead style.