9mm Blue/Pink Striped Shell Beads [50]

Cost per bead:

7 cents

Bead material:

Glass

Country of origin:

Czech Republic

Size/shape:

9mm shells, about 4mm thick

Colors/description:

Opaque blue and translucent pink in loose horizontal stripes; blue is the dominant color.

Defects:

The beads appear to be in good shape except for some miniscule pits here and there.  The pits are so small that they are hard to see with the naked eye, and I don't count them as a defect.  Often, shell-shaped beads have cracks in them, but there are no cracks in these beads that I have seen.

How photographed:

At the window in natural daylight.

Comments:

These are nice beads.  The mixed-color beads often look dull, but these don't.