12mm Aqua Tortoise Picasso Polished Rectangle Beads [20]

Style:  G1872
 
Beads per lot:  20

Cost per bead:  22.5 cents

Bead material:  Glass

Country of origin:  Czech Republic

Size/shape:  12mm (long) x 8mm (wide) x 4mm (thick) rectangles with polished sides or "windows".

Colors/description:  Translucent light aqua with loose, unevenly formed black stripes through the glass.  Around the edges is a golden-brown picasso coating.
 
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:  I've been seeing these beads on my supplier's site for a long time, but never got them because I was focussing on getting opaque polished beads.  I would like them better if the stripes were more evenly distributed, but there's nothing I can do about that.
 
Date first posted:  January 4, 2011
 
Supplier:  E
 
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