6x9mm Chocolate/Ice Faceted Rondelle Beads [50]

Beads per lot:

50

Cost per bead:

10.8 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

6mm (hole to hole) x 9mm (wide) faceted rondelles.  I use the term "rondelles" to describe any round bead which is wider than it is long.

Colors/description:

A loose mixture of semi-opaque white and opaque chocolate brown.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

I haven't noticed any significant defects.  However, fire-polished beads always have some imperfect facets.  To read about the fire-polishing process, click here.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

I've always like 2-tone beads.  This shape is referred to by my supplier (and many others) as a "gemstone donut", but since I have been calling them "faceted rondelles" for years, I'm going to keep my terminology.