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It is frit. Glass beads are formed on metal rods. Frit is a powder applied to the metal rods that prevents the glass bead from sticking to the rod. Some frit remains in the bead hole and falls off into the bag. On occasion, we re-use bags that have had glass beads in them, so you might find frit in any of our bags.
