4mm Gold Apollo Faceted Round Beads [100]

Cost per bead:

4 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

4mm round, faceted

Colors/description:

Clear beads with a gold-colored coating on one side of each bead (see Comments below).

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

I haven't noticed any significant defects.  However, fire-polished beads always have some imperfect facets.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

The supplier calls these "gold apollo" beads, which always refers to beads which have a gold-colored coating on one side of each bead.  However, to my eyes the gold color looks more like copper.  As I write this, I'm using daylight-balanced fluorescent lamps to look at the beads.  Perhaps under other kinds of light, such as daylight, they look like gold.