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Furnace glass beads are slightly less than 3/4" across. Each bead is different with varying amounts of gold, green and burgundy-brown colors. The magic of this type of bead is the internal layer of metallic foil. In the case of this bead the layer is made of gold that is rolled painfully thin. The freshwater pearls are aproximately seven to eight millimeters in diameter. Shape is irregular with natural banding. These are cultured freshwater pearls that have been color treated to produce a bronze/green iridescent effect of the 'luster', or surface of the pearl. Unlike dying, which permeates the pearl with a colored dye, the treatment actually changes the composition of the outer layer of the pearl. This process is colorfast. Tiny spacing beads are glass beads with metallic finish. |

