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11mm Yellow Mottled Ceramic Round Beads [31]

11mm Yellow Mottled Ceramic Round Beads [31]
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Price Per Lot: $3.00
Lots Available: 1
Style No. (bin): R037 (awa+x)

Style: R037
Beads per lot: 31
Cost per bead: 9.7 cents
Bead material: Ceramic
Country of origin: Japan?
Size/shape: 10.5mm to 11mm round (spherical).
Colors/description: Ceramic beads with a mottled mustard-yellow matte surface.
Hole size: 1mm (estimated).
Defects: Some beads are slightly smaller or larger than others; the size range is about 10.3mm to 11mm, with most of them being around 10.6mm (I only measured a few, actually).  The beads were sprayed with color and laid on a surace, and where they touched the surface, a ring can be seen; but the ring tends to blend in with the rest of the bead.  Unlike the 7mm version of these beads, which I carried in 2014, this 11mm version doesn't have a visible seam, so they are more perfect than the 7mm version was.
How photographed: Between two daylight-balanced lamps.
Comments: These beads are from my private stash of beads from the 1980's, when I made jewelry myself.  There were little slips of paper among the beads saying "Japan", so I have to assume that that's where they were made.  I carried the 7mm version of these beads in 2014 (if I had known I also had an 11mm version, I would have posted them together).  As I say above, these beads have fewer imperfections than the 7mm beads had, so I am charging a higher price for them.  These beads are more suitable for informal jewelry than for formal jewelry.

I'm only guessing that these are ceramic beads because they seem lighter than glass.
Date first posted: February 21, 2016
Supplier: Don't remember.
Caleb's notes:
11mm Yellow Mottled Ceramic Round Beads [31]
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11mm Yellow Mottled Ceramic Round Beads [31]
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11mm Yellow Mottled Ceramic Round Beads [31]
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11mm Yellow Mottled Ceramic Round Beads [31]
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Tags: R037, rounds,