Lol your short answers are hilarious to me hahaha... Reminds me other my brother he's the same way... Any how love these :) was wondering if you could say about how big the holes are that are drilled in them? Maybe bigger or smaller than 1mm? Even just a guess would help... And do you ever get these sapphire or emerald faceted beads like these? Is your bead store in Everett? Or do you make a trip to ship wreck in Lacey? I used to do a ton of beading haven't touch it in a while but these really caught my eye :) they look like candy :)
Yes, it's easy to forget they're made out of real gemstones. I think the holes are 1-1.5 mm. These are vintage from a store here in Everett that went out of business. I've gotten and sold several strands of Emerald beads but no sapphire. I don't bead myself but I love jade beads and serpentine.
I still have stash of some gemstone beads... Never really occurred to me to list any :) might do that. I'll be watching these.. I have an idea for them :) let me know if you ever list any other faceted gemstone beads! I always keep a pretty close watch on what you list but sometimes I don't notice a few till time is almost up...I love labradorite, and opals too! The holes just gotta be big enough.. I think 1 to 1.5 is perfect.
I do have a faceted Dravite tourmaline bead that ends tonight. I'm surprised it's not doing better as brown Tourmaline is THE stone for hip and knee pain according to most sources.