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5x6mm Tanzanite/Bronze Picasso Faceted Rosebud Beads [50]

5x6mm Tanzanite/Bronze Picasso Faceted Rosebud Beads [50]
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Price Per Lot: $4.10
Lots Available: 6
Style No. (bin): F588 (bna~)

Style: F588
Beads per lot: 50
Cost per bead: 8.2 cents
Bead material: Glass
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Size/shape: 5mm (long) x 6mm (wide) beads molded into a rosebud shape, with facets around the outer edge.
Colors/description: Translucent tanzanite purple beads with a mottled bronze "picasso" coating.  The coating has the effect of obscuring the tanzanite glass so that the beads look black.
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: As I said above, these beads have a tanzanite-colored core, but the coating obscures the color and makes the beads look black (with a bronze coating).  If you hold the beads up to bright light, you can see the tanzanite color; but it's entirely possible that your customers may never notice that the beads aren't black.  I should add that the supplier calls the coating bronze, but it looks more like gold to me.  Of course, the coating may not have either metal in it.
Date first posted: Jun 2, 2012
Supplier: E
Caleb's notes:
5x6mm Tanzanite/Bronze Picasso Faceted Rosebud Beads [50]
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