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<p>[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 10881, member: 201"]I can't tell from the photos if the beads are glass or plastic, though glass beads tend to have sharper edges and transitions in the center of the bicone shape then I'm seeing here.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are two tests I do to figure out if beads are glass or plastic...</p><p><br /></p><p>-- If they're cool to the touch, they're more likel to be glass than plastic.</p><p><br /></p><p>-- If you gently hit two together, plastic will sound like a dull thud while glass will have a clinking sound.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 10881, member: 201"]I can't tell from the photos if the beads are glass or plastic, though glass beads tend to have sharper edges and transitions in the center of the bicone shape then I'm seeing here. There are two tests I do to figure out if beads are glass or plastic... -- If they're cool to the touch, they're more likel to be glass than plastic. -- If you gently hit two together, plastic will sound like a dull thud while glass will have a clinking sound.[/QUOTE]
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