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100 Blue Color Sandcast Cylinder Beads: Blue Powdered Glass Sandcast Beads African Sandcast Powder Glass Beads (SAND-CYL-BLU-255)

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Original Price: $9.99

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Highlights

  • Sourced by TheBeadChest
  • Supplies for making crafts
  • Materials: Glass
  • Bead hole size: 3 millimeters
    Bead size: 8 millimeters

Checkout this beautiful strand of African sandcast. The process of making these beads is unique to Africa and has been used for over 1000 years. Pulverized glass of various colors is poured into a clay mold, using a cassava stem for the bead's hole. The mold is placed in a furnace and heated until the glass particles congeal without actually melting and the stem burns out. The Ghanaians have been making beads in this manner since the 1600s. Beads are measure 8-10mm in diameter. Tone may vary slightly from photo.

Bead Size: 6 x 8-10mm diameter
Strand Length: 27"
Approximate # of Beads: 100
Hole Size: 3mm

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ABOUT THE BEAD CHEST

We work with developing communities throughout Africa to bring you some of the most beautiful, handmade beading treasures in the world. All items that we source direct are fair trade. Our unique business model enables us to support creative jewelry designers with quality beading supplies, while supporting developing communities at the same time.

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Reviews for this item

4.7

We calculate this number using a recency-weighted average of all ratings, with a rating's value decreasing by half each year to best reflect the current experience.

(6 reviews)

5.0 Item quality
5.0 Shipping
5.0 Customer service
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5 out of 5 stars 5 This item

Georgia Aug 10, 2026

The beads are great and will make a lovely addition to my work. I appreciate your fast shipping and how well they were packaged, as well. Thank you!

Georgia Aug 10, 2026

4 out of 5 stars 4 This item

sandra Dec 30, 2025

Excellent customer service! Answered all my questions. Quality product. Would buy products again.

sandra Dec 30, 2025

5 out of 5 stars 5 This item

Samara Nov 16, 2023

Great quality as usual! Love them.

Samara Nov 16, 2023

4 out of 5 stars 4 This item

Noël Mar 24, 2023

I didn’t particularly liked these beads, not for any reasons those who made them or the sellers did. It was my bad for not looking at the photos more to notice they were not transparent. Again, they got here fast and quality was as advertised.

Noël Mar 24, 2023

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Listed on Oct 18, 2026