Made in the Czech Republic, the facets of these fire polished beads are first cut by machine. Then the surface is polished as they are fed through a red-hot oven. For our line of specialty 1/2 coated colors, a high tech coating is applied to the surface of the clear crystal base. This coating process creates brilliant colors and effects not possible with uncoated colored glass. Most of our inventory is temporarily strung on hanks of either 1/2 masse (600 beads) or 1/4 masse (300 beads) for greater value. Please note that small imperfections will occur as part of the manufacturing process and size, shape and color may vary slightly from lot to lot.