Great information Waggler, thank you very much. That little strand you are pointing to is what I always look for when I see beads for sale at a 'vous.

That's a great collection.

Haven't thought about beads for a long time. I remember getting off an international flight in Seattle, in 1990, carrying a backpack with 70 pounds of beads. Wish I still had all of those.

That had to be quite the backpack of beads.