12mm Blue/Green Picasso Polished Rectangle Beads [20] (see Defects)

Cost per bead:

22.5 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

12mm pillow-shaped rectangles with flat polished windows.

Colors/description:

Translucent blue with loose horizontal swirls of olive green and a little red, with a black/brown picasso coating around the edges.

Hole size:

1mm (estimated).

Defects:

I always inspect polished beads and eliminate the defective beads before shipping.  However, these beads have a slight defect which I'm passing through.  Many beads have what look like miniscule air pockets inside the glass between the swirls of color.  The defects look like miniscule white spots, except that you're seeing a defect in the glass and not anything that's actually white.  If you look at the picture, you'll see some of the white spots -- but the picture doesn't show that more beads have these little white spots than you can see in the picture.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

These are very nice beads.  My picture above is a little dark.  In bright light, the beads can look much lighter.