With the lightest of purple colors and a great twist in the center, this is a fun bead. The purple is translucent and could almost be described as milky. The bead channel will accommodate up to a 0.5 mm thread. The bead is 8 mm wide and 8 mm thick. It is not a flat rectangle because of the twist. This is a vintage Czech glass bead made in molds during the early 1980s. Price is for 10 beads.