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David Christensen furnace glass bead sizes and quantity guide:

Beads are sold by their weight and because they are handmade the number of beads you can get in a packet varies.  The table below shows how the beads are graded into approximate sizes and how many beads you’d expect to get in a packet.

Bead size

Length mm

Width mm

No. in Packet

Mini

up to 9

up to 8

9 to 13

Medium

10 - 14 

8 -10

6 to 9

Large

over 14

Over 10

4 to 6

Slices are thin & are mini, medium or large

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David Christensen furnace glass - new arrivals

A586-Pink-&-Gold-stripes

A586

PINK AND GOLD

CORE

PINK AND GOLD STRIPES

MIDDLE

CLEAR

OUTER

CLEAR

AVAILABLE

MINI-MED, MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A202-Aqua-Blue

A202

AQUA BLUE

CORE

BLUE

MIDDLE

CLEAR

OUTER

CLEAR

AVAILABLE

MINI, MEDIUM, LARGE, MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A600-Rainbow-Clear-Sparkles

A600

RAINBOW CLEAR SPARKLES

CORE

CLEAR

MIDDLE

PRIMARY COLOURS

OUTER

SILVER SPARKLES

AVAILABLE

MINI, MEDIUM, MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A402-Amber-Glow

A401

AUBURN TRIANGLES

CORE

AMBER TRANSLUCENT

MIDDLE

CLEAR

OUTER

BLACK STRIPES

AVAILABLE

MINI, MEDIUM, LARGE, MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A584-Daffodil-chubs

A584

DAFFODIL CHUBS

CORE

GREEN

MIDDLE

YELLOW STRIPES

OUTER

CLEAR

AVAILABLE

MEDIUM, MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A532-Green-Candy

A532

GREEN CANDY

CORE

GREEN

MIDDLE

WHITE & BLACK STRIPES

OUTER

CLEAR

AVAILABLE

MEDIUM, MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A447-Tiger-Tails

A447

TIGER DEPTHS

CORE

AMBER

MIDDLE

CLEAR

OUTER

BLACK & WHITE STRIPES

AVAILABLE

LARGE, MED-LARGE MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A537-Light-Turquoise

A537

PASTEL BLUE CHUBS

CORE

LIGHT BLUE

MIDDLE

CLEAR

OUTER

CLEAR

AVAILABLE

MINI, MEDIUM, LARGE, MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A800-Holly-Green

A800

HOLLY GREEN CHUBS

CORE

GREEN

MIDDLE

CLEAR

OUTER

CLEAR

AVAILABLE

MINI, MEDIUM, MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A401-Auburn-Air-triangles

A402

AMBER GLOW TRIANGLES

CORE

AMBER TRANSLUCENT

MIDDLE

CLEAR

OUTER

BLACK STRIPES ONE SIDE

AVAILABLE

MEDIUM, MINI,  MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A590-Lime-Green-triangle-ch

A590

LIME TRIANGLES

CORE

GREEN

MIDDLE

CLEAR

OUTER

CLEAR

AVAILABLE

MEDIUM, MIX, LARGE

PRICE

£3.84

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A597-Grey-seal

A597

GREY SEAL

CORE

GREY

MIDDLE

PURPLE & GOLD STRIPES

OUTER

CLEAR

AVAILABLE

MEDIUM, MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A500-Turkish-delight

A500

TURKISH DELIGHT

CORE

AMBER TRANSLUCENT

MIDDLE

PINK/MAGENTA STRIPES

OUTER

CLEAR

AVAILABLE

MINI, MEDIUM, MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A200-Ameythyst-Kline-Blue

A200

AMETHYST KLINE BLUE

CORE

PURPLE TRANSLUCENT

MIDDLE

BLUE STRIPES

OUTER

CLEAR

AVAILABLE

MINI TO MEDIUM MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A354-melon-compote

A354

MELON COMPOTE

CORE

YELLOW AND GOLD STRIPES

MIDDLE

CLEAR

OUTER

LILAC AND GREEN STRIPES

AVAILABLE

MEDIUM, MINI,  MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A400-Auburn-Air-squares

A400

AUBURN SQUARES

CORE

AMBER TRANSLUCENT

MIDDLE

CLEAR

OUTER

BLACK STRIPES

AVAILABLE

MINI, MEDIUM, LARGE, MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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A479-emerald-green-chubs

A479

EMERALD GREEN GLOW

CORE

GREEN

MIDDLE

CLEAR

OUTER

CLEAR

AVAILABLE

MEDIUM, LARGE OR MIX

PRICE

£3.84

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