Africa Turquoise Gemstone Loose Beads 6mm 62 Beads Per 15.5" Strand

Beautiful beads,quality

Amethyst Beads 6mm. Got 2 weeks earlier. Strand had more beads but the length was about 0.5 inches shorter. Measured the bead size and they were 6 mm. Picture showed dark purple color. Beads received were lighter shaded but still love it.

So I ordered these beads off of Amazon. I was a bit nervous, because the reviews were mixed, but I took the chance anyways. I received these beads in the mail today and OMG you guys, these beads are absolutely stunning. They were extremely well packaged. The color is very vibrant, the weight is good and all of the beads are perfect....no chips or broken beads. They also feel very good quality. They don't feel cheap or plastic-y. I already have at LEAST two projects in mind that include these beads (I got the Blue Imperial Jasper 10mm) and I SHALL be purchasing these again. Absolutely in love with these beads..

Alright I went on a limb here because it said it should not be dyed but given the high pigment I was sooooo curious and I had to sacrafice the first one to the bead gods.The color is evenly through except where it seems to bleed into some of the veining within it. I looked under a microscope at 250x magnification (photos included), I placed the bead on an acetone soaked pad, 0 pigment has come off so IF THIS IS DYED, I have faith it will hold up to the test of time, and I'll surely never know.

Does not look like the picture, there are no gold looking deposits. The beads look like a man made composite. Otherwise they are an interesting combo of color and texture.

These beads are so red they look black! I have not used them yet but I plan to add them to my bracelet/necklace set.

Really pretty beads, with wonderful variations in the string. Some mostly blue, some mostly green, and quite a few balanced. I love them and they look great with my project. True to size, flawless.

The beads I received were certainly nice, but they didn't look like the listing photos. The listing clearly shows "cracks" through the pattern on the beads that resembles gold. What I received had those markings as a pale, washed-out kind of sea foam green. Still nice, but not what I thought I was getting at all; probably wouldn't have purchased them if the listing photos showed this properly. I was really looking forward to that gold accenting :(Less of an issue for me, but still worth mentioning: the blue colors are much more dull and dark in person than the listing photo makes them out to be. So clearly the listing photos had the saturation and brightness tweaked like crazy, which isn't fair to the buyer. The listing looks like cyan beads with pale gold accents; I received navy blue beads with pale green accents.