If you are looking for a fine red bead for your Chamilia or Pandora bracelet, this is it! The photos just don't do it justice. It has interior bands of alternating red and darker red sections - just beautiful! I am VERY discriminating about my beads (OK, a bead snob, if you will) and this one passes my standards with flying colors. The beads I received were the same size as some of my Chamilia beads and just a bit smaller in diameter than Pandora beads and but they still look great on my bracelet alongside the other beads.