Swarovski Crystals ~

Swarovski (Austrian) Crystal is considered by many people to be the finest quality, full-lead crystal made today.  It contains a minimum of 32%PbO, making the crystal optically very pure.  The crystal is then faceted with tremendous precision, creating beautiful prisms.  Brilliant colors and/or coatings are added to these crystals to create pendants, stones, and beads of dazzling beauty and tremendous variety of shapes and sizes.  Swarovski Crystal is unmatched in quality and distinction.

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Jablonex Crystals ~

They have been made using the technique of cutting and heat-polishing glass pressed beads since the 17^th century and are sold under the Jablonex name to more than 80 countries in five continents.

JABLONEX Fire-Polished Beads are the best in the world in their field and stand out mainly thanks to the following properties:

• a huge range of shapes, sizes, colours and surface refinements and finishes. The combination of all shapes, sizes, colours and finishes of JABLONEX Seed Beads made and offered is by far the broadest in the world and offers immeasurable possibilities to all of those seeking exceptionality, uniqueness and originality.
• top quality as expressed mainly in the stability of shape and size, the consistency and repeatability of colours and the durability of the surface treatment.
• the highest level of technological and environmental standards of production and resulting products that comply with the very strictest EU criteria.
• the stability and scope of the production base, which guarantees wide availability and standard terms of delivery for the products on offer even during seasonal fluctuations of demand.
• the longest tradition and global distribution.

JABLONEX Fire-Polished Beads have been an inseparable part of life around us for over 50 years now. They are created through the symbiosis of one of the most beautiful natural materials, traditional Bohemian glass, and fire, an element that has accompanied humankind since time immemorial. JABLONEX fire-polished beads have an unmistakable appearance in that their centre is a reflection of the fire that helped create them.

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