12x10-13x10mm Sodalite side drilled Faceted Cushion Beads 6 inch 15 pieces 11/o The color is a factor

The color is a factor of the mollusk mantle color

have a highly brilliant faceting style on a symmetrical body with great polish on a reddish moderately saturated purple hued body of transparent quality

the luster is glass like

have a sub-adamantine luster which is just under Diamond for scintillation showing a superior brilliance

12x10-13x10mm Sodalite side drilled Faceted Cushion Beads 6 inch 15 pieces 11/o The color is a factorSodalite side drilled Faceted Cushion Beads have a fairly symmetrical shape with good polish, faceting is crisp with some abrasion, bodies have black motteling and white veining creating a marbled effect on each stone, and the gems are an opaque transparency of a dark treated indigo blue hue.