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Diameter

Bead Diameters

Diameter is the variable that moves cost most, because amber is traded by weight and volume scales with the cube of the radius. It is worth deciding deliberately rather than inheriting.

Amber weight≈ 12 g / 33 beads

6 mm

The fine end of the range. At 6 mm a 99-bead strand reads as a chain rather than a rope, which is exactly why some markets want it and others will not touch it.

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Amber weight≈ 28 g / 33 beads

8 mm

The diameter that argues with nobody. 8 mm is comfortable on a 99-bead composition, substantial enough to read as a real object, and priced where most retail actually happens.

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Amber weight≈ 55 g / 33 beads

10 mm

Our house standard, and the diameter we build sample sets around. 10 mm reads as substantial in the hand without tipping into the deliberate presence of a gifting piece.

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Amber weight≈ 95 g / 33 beads

12 mm

The volume diameter across the Gulf. If a programme has to succeed in Saudi Arabia, the UAE or Kuwait and there is only budget for one specification, this is it.

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Amber weight≈ 150 g / 33 beads

14 mm

Where presence is the point. At 14 mm the strand stops being an accessory and becomes an object, which is exactly what a gift representing an institution needs to be.

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Next step

Undecided is a normal place to start.

Tell us the market and the price position and we will tell you which of these actually fits, then send physical samples so the decision is made in the hand.

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